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Like the make-up of the band itself, Liverpool-based Oya Paya’s latest single ‘Why?’ is a multi-cultural fusion of music styles that is not only refreshing in this day and age but reflects the possibilites of not being trapped by genre-specifics. Taking elements of indie, pop, Hip-Hop and more and blending them into one melodic and ethereal offering, the track comes after the band’s troubles of their drummer Ashwin having to return back to Singapore due to UK Visa issues. Regardless of their distance, ‘Why?’ is steeped in utter brilliance.

In a press statement regarding their current sitution, Oya Paya wrote:

“Being separated felt like having the future of the band stripped away from us, but from the ashes of frustration we have this song” the group explain, “Why? emerged in the few weeks after Ashwin headed back home. The overall mood of the track reflects how terrible we all felt at the time. We could’ve sat around and asked ourselves why these bad things happen but instead chose to get off our butts and make a song about it.

We made use of the only thing that still connected us (the internet) and started piecing tunes together across continents. It’s meant to resonate with anybody who’s ever felt lonely and isolated. It’s a convoluted way of asking life “why” does it have to be so difficult? The fruits of our labour have helped us understand that it’s not impossible.”