JuJu – ‘La Que Sabe’ (2021)
The dark pulsing psych-rock brainchild of Sicily’s Gioele Valenti, JuJu’s ‘La Que Sabe’ is music that shakes the moon a bit.
The dark pulsing psych-rock brainchild of Sicily’s Gioele Valenti, JuJu’s ‘La Que Sabe’ is music that shakes the moon a bit.
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