In recent months, Lulu’s music has been a bit more on the introspective side, with moments of release only coming after a hearty bit of inward gazing. Yet she’s been picking up the pace in recent weeks, embracing more upbeat melodies and floor-centric sounds. Latest creation “Young Young Adult. features one of her stickiest productions…
A few months after releasing a cassette tape, Tokyo’s Wooman have a proper album out soon on Her Heads Record called Lost Love. It includes a lot of the group’s initial numbers, but also adds new cuts such as “Faint Dream,” a chugging number featuring the same unnerving, muffled vocals that defined earlier releases (and…
Young producer Maidable has teamed up with New York label Rubik Records for a two-song set of skittery, energetic cuts. Maidable turns to drum ‘n’ bass on each number, surrounding drums breaks with synth notes and bits of singing on uptempo opener “Chilly Dawn,” while keeping things a bit more spacious — but still pretty…
Ryuichi Nakamura has appeared in a lot of indie-pop bands over the last few years — including Batman Winks, Boyish, Easel Easel and several more. And now he’s stepping out for his own project Fragile Flowers. Well, with a little help from his friends. Asylum Piece*, his first release as this project, features a lot…
One of the bigger embarrassments this blog has recorded so far in 2016 was completely missing out on Osaka producer Metome’s Feather. Released via LA cassette label Postgeography, it’s a study in texture, featuring the same sudden swerves defining releases such as 2013’s triumphant Objet, but with Metome deeply interested in how every detail sounds…