10 songs from No You – the debut, self-titled LP from Davy Kehoe (Wah Wah Wino, IE) and Diego Herrera (Suzanne Kraft, US). Sharing both vocal and instrumentation duties, D & D venture somewhat off of their respective musical paths – with the collab throwing up a big, small-studio sound. They are maybe at their most melodic on »Baby« where their voices play off each other over bent feedback and crunching drum machine. There’s a real low slung swagger to »So Far Gone« and »Miracle Mile« met with a blown out and blasted approach on songs such as »Invisible« and »Side Effect«. The song »Put Up A Dream« exhibits the duo’s more unhinged side.

Some background:

In 2022, Davy relocated temporarily to L.A (arriving only with his clothes and some harmonicas), and while high from re-imagining the endless pop culture fantasies thrown up by the city, he met Diego, whose recent move back to his hometown had him reflecting on his surroundings in a new way.

No You became a weekly appointment, consisting of writing sessions with self-imposed rules and technical limitations. Laying ideas onto a 4-track cassette recorder, they found a method which enabled them to navigate around the pitfalls of being left with endless hours of recorded jams to wade through.. melodies were decided upon, then they hit record. As this domino-effect style of writing took shape, the vocals and music formed quickly in session, with the pair singing together and noting lyrics on the fly. The first track on the album »Decisions« is left just as it was recorded on the first day of writing. There was a lot of listening in isolation between sessions – mainly in the car and dictated by the tempo of L.A. traffic. A week would go by. Then go again.

Stylistically the album doesn’t sound particularly like a Los Angeles record, but this is a collaboration spawned from circumstance and there's no doubt the city played it’s part. A meeting of two harmonious talents, jumping on the chance to record together as time closed in on them.