Seattle-based Jupe Jupe continue to blur the line between the dancefloor and the darkness behind it all. Operating at the connection of melodic post punk and darkwave atmospheres, the band’s sound feels ethereal in scope but tight in execution.
Their new single, A Game Of Wait and See, leans fully into that approach. The track pulses with club-ready momentum while gnawing at the anxiety of uncertainty and self-surveillance.
Jupe Jupe describe it: "A Game of Wait and See is an efficient, and urgent, danceable darkwave song, perfect for all who wrestle with ambiguity. Whether it’s a year from now or an hour from now, the uncertainty of outcomes can be unsettling the deeper we invest in the need and desire for something."
The song wastes no time pulling the listener under. The band continues:
"Game of Wait and See jumps out at the top with a synth call and a guitar response, 155 bpm high-hat & kick pattern familiar to anyone whose stayed at a club much later than expected, and two basses: one pulsing synth and one deep accenting string."
The track analyzes contemporary obsession and digital self-worth beneath its rhythmic structure.
"The vocals take us through the storm and stress of me-culture. Who among us hasn’t opened a hole inside themselves? We’ve invited in a type of pain that comes from attention seeking/confirming software.
"Maybe we didn’t realize just how poisonous this syrupy social bunkum is. Maybe we can’t yet see the extent of rot on the cords that tether us.
"But when the speed of social stimuli overwhelms the time lag of validation the pain can be insidious. Slowly making the monsters out in the world less scary than the monsters in the mirror. What if they aren’t watching me? With outcomes unknown we can only wait and see."
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Jupe Jupe
No-Count Records
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