Wasting Time

Tashaki Miyaki's "Wasting Time" is released today. May 28th, 2021, on all digital platforms.

About the song :

“This song is kind of it’s own thing. It was one of the last songs I wrote for the record, and I wasn’t sure it fit the vibe, but in the end we decided it was nice to have variety and different colors and feels on the record. It’s a song about anxiety and I wanted it to feel really wild. I wanted to combine what we do with a kind of power pop vibe. I imagined Keith Moon style drums, and I don’t really play like that, so I invited my friend Richard Gowen to play drums on this song. I like that it has a different energy. I wanted to create a kind of 70’s feel on this song, but have it still feel right now, and I think we got that energy. The sonic inspirations were The Kinks' 'Lola vs Powerman' and Big Star's 'Number 1 Record'.

About the video :

“This song is the most upbeat and playful on the record, so I wanted to make something fun and special. This video was made for my 8 year old self. It’s inspired by a bunch of movies I watched as a kid. 'Watcher In The Woods', 'Practical Magic', 'Witches Of Eastwick', 'Teen Witch', 'The Craft', and, of course, the TV show 'Charmed'. I wanted to play around with ancient film tricks, so being able to pop disappear was the perfect fit. We shot on the central coast of California, which is one of my favorite places on earth. I have been going there since I was a kid and it has a magical quality for me. it’s the Snoqualmie to my Twin Peaks. As a kid visiting, I dreamed up all kinds of stories, so it was super fun to bring that vision to life. This is a collaboration with DP Arlene Muller, who also shot 'Gone' and 'Castaway', and we shot on 16mm on 2 different cameras, so there’s some different textures in the video. We got super lucky to get so much dreamy fog as well.”

~ Paige Stark