Nia Archives gives a Yeah Yeah Yeahs classic the jungle treatment
On “Off Wiv Ya Headz,” the English producer takes the fertile source material of “Heads Will Roll” to new heights.
Nia Archives. Photo by Jansan Pierre.
Nia Archives has given the Karen O the British makeover she didn’t know she needed. The London producer is certainly not the first to remix the Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2009 classic “Heads Will Roll.” But with “Off Wiv Ya Headz,” she’s replanted the well-trod source material in the fertile ground of jungle revival, nursing it back to life.
The new song arrives as Nia continues on her “Quintessential Junglist Summer” tour across Europe. Its lo-fi visual treatment, however, is set squarely in Yeah Yeah Yeahs territory. Mostly filmed in Downtown Brooklyn, the clip is full of kinetic quick cuts to the borough across the East River, applying the exact amount of cosmopolitan retrofuturism the track warrants. Watch it above and view Nia Archives’ upcoming live dates below.
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Nia Archives summer 2023 tour dates
June 9 - Gräfenhainichen, DE - Melt! Festival
June 10 - Madrid, ES - Primavera Sound
June 11 - Manchester, UK - Parklife Festival
June 22 - Shepton Mallet, UK - Glastonbury Festival
June 24 - Shepton Mallet, UK - Glastonbury Festival
July 30 - Tisno, HR - Outlook Festival
August 3 - Copenhagen, DK - O Days Festival
August 10 - Wimborne, UK - We Out Here Festival
August 13 - Perth, SCT-UK - Otherlands Festival
August 18 - Biddinghuizen, NL - Lowlands Festival
August 19 - Hasselt, BE - Pukkelpop Festival
August 26 - London, UK - All Points East
August 27 - Lincolnshire, UK - Lost Village Festival
September 1 - County Laois, IE - Electric Picnic
September 2 - Norwich, UK - Sundown Festival
