Changa is the fifth studio album by Australian electronic trio Pnau. It was released on 10 November 2017 by the independent label etcetc.[2] It follows their 2012 remix album in collaboration with Elton John, Good Morning to the Night,[3] and is their first studio album since Soft Universe (2011).[4] It is also their first album as a trio, with vocalist and co-founder Nick Littlemore's brother Sam Littlemore joining in 2016.[5]
The album was preceded by the lead single "Chameleon" in November 2016,[5] which reached number four on the ARIA Singles Chart,[6] and number 11 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2016.[7] It features vocals by Kira Divine.[4] It has received over 85 million streams on Spotify and been certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.[8] On 25 August, Pnau released three more tracks in promotion of the album: "Into the Sky", "Young Melody" featuring Vera Blue, and "Control Your Body",[2] with "Into the Sky" debuting on Triple J.[9] Divine also lent vocals to "Control Your Body".[4] "Into the Sky" was accompanied by a video of Nick Littlemore as a floating head set against psychedelic visuals.[4] "Go Bang" was released as a single on 27 October.[10]
In the lead-up to the album's release, the trio embarked on an Australian tour,[8] performing at the Listen Out festival in Sydney on 30 September, and at the Adelaide dance event Oh Yes.[9]
Upon its release, Mixmag compared "Young Melody" to the "smooth lounge vibes of PNAU's sublime debut LP Sambanova".[3] Pnau said of "Into the Sky": "It is a song that wrote itself. We like to think that it captures the ambition, angst and ambivalence we held as teenagers."[2] Nick Littlemore commented that the trio had been influenced by Happy Mondays for the song.[4] Al Newstead of ABC called "Into the Sky" a "fuzzy, distorted drum heavy track that [...] tak[es] inspiration from the 'Madchester' '90s dance scene".[4] He also labeled "Young Melody" a "blissful dance" track, and noted the "4am rave vibes" of "Control Your Body".[4] Amnplify described "Control Your Body" as having "enigmatic instrumentation and vocals before settling into a deep rhythmic groove – a true acid workout and a nostalgic homage to the bands [sic] formative rave days".[12]
"Chameleon" was additionally called a "festival favourite and dance floor anthem".[12]
