Empire Electric (LP)
No-No Boy
Amoeba Review
In an exploration of his Vietnamese heritage, No-No Boy – the alias of Julian Saporiti of The Young Republic – paints a musically diverse and vivid portrait of family struggles, identity, and spirituality on Empire Electric. Confronting deeply personal issues like generational trauma in the fallout of the Vietnam war, the gentle, introspective folk is balanced with the interspersing of field recordings, a variety of instrumentation, and exquisite harmonies with Saporiti's wife and co-producer, Emilia.
Track Listing
Side A Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
The Onion Kings of Ontario!
|
No-No Boy | 03:21 |
2.
Nashville
|
No-No Boy | 04:35 |
3.
Mekong Baby
|
No-No Boy | 03:41 |
4.
Western Empress
|
No-No Boy | 03:31 |
5.
Jakarta
|
No-No Boy | 04:09 |
Side B Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
Nothing Left but You
|
No-No Boy | 04:02 |
2.
Little Monk
|
No-No Boy | 03:29 |
3.
Sayonara
|
No-No Boy | 03:21 |
4.
Minidoka
|
No-No Boy | 03:39 |
5.
1603
|
No-No Boy | 05:31 |