Back To Rock: AAFAI

ByPatrick St. Michel

Been a lot of electronic-leaning posts on this here blog lately, and probably more to come. So let’s take a small breather from all those synths and bloops for pretty straightforward (but great!) rock and roll courtesy of Tokyo’s AAFAI. The band has a pair of songs that you can listen to here, and it’s all clanging drums and barreling guitar work. A keyboard pops up sometimes but hey that doesn’t turn this into anything besides good ol’ fist-pumpin’ rock!

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(Fun fact: I’m currently in the process of moving, hence the super short post. Sorry!)

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