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However you say it, Ayawatamaya just want to have a good time. Launching at The Retreat Hotel in Brunswick on September 19, new single ‘The Way You Are’ is a luscious slow-burn for the lovers in the house. Born out of a long-standing personal and professional adoration for each other while share-housing together in Melbourne’s inner-northern suburbs, Annabelle Tunley, Peter Emptage and George Weis create pop music for your soul. With just drums, bass, vocals and a tiny synth keyboard, the three-piece take their cue from the likes of D’Angelo and Erykah Badu, where instruments are minimum but the groove is maximum. This sparse approach to instrumentation leaves room for gifted vocalist Annabelle Tunley to pour lashings of bulletproof melody and hook-laden chorus over the bare, expertly constructed beats below. Their live shows are where Ayawatamaya truly shine. Swiftly moving from silliness to salaciousness, they possess an effortless knack for disarming crowds and producing