Conceptual Worlds With LACHLAN BOON From SHU-NAGUA

Interview by Kris Peters
Confidence goes a long way in music.
Not just in yourselves and your music, but also in terms of your
ideas. In a musical climate becoming increasingly saturated new
bands often need something special to get people's attention.
Put simply just having good music sometimes isn't enough.
Emerging Sydney outfit Shu-Nagua have displayed an ability to think
outside the box and follow their instinct from the outset,
establishing their own musical conceptual universe from which to
launch their sonic assault. It is an idea so grandiose it should
actually work, and one which has seen the band added to the
upcoming Simo's Maiden Voyage music cruise, which sets sail on
September 24.
Lead singer Lachlan Boon sat down with HEAVY to tell us more.
"It sounds like a good time to me," he enthused. "We were lucky
enough to be put on the first line-up. I think they are looking at
doing a monthly thing, doing heavy music around Sydney Harbour." We
ask Boon to tell us a bit more about the band. "Shu-Nagua musically
is very diverse," he explained. "It's kind of… the way it's been
written… it bends genres a lot. We'll go from something that's very
bluesy and jazzy to something that delves more into prog-rock metal
and everything in between. That's kind of where we sit. We have
some of those heavier elements, but because of the concept we tend
to shift the mood and genre to fit in with that overarching
narrative. It gives us lots to explore."
In the full interview Lachlan talks more about the concept behind
the band and music, how they plan to create a continual series of
releases based on this concept, translating the story into the live
arena, writing to a concept and how that changes things, their live
mascot and how he fits in with things, future plans and more.