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Charging Station: Boy Objects’ “Boy Objects”

ByPatrick St. Michel August 20, 2019

The jump from indie-pop to synth-soaked work isn’t that far, and Japan boasts a surplus of acts either exploring anorak-wrapped rock or nostalgia-evoking dance-pop. So why not dabble in both? Boy Objects finds Yuta Ozaki of Youthmemory teaming up with Masayuki Karaki to create cinema-sized synth-pop swelling with teenage emotion. Boy Objects the EP isn’t going to change your mind on this stuff — you listen to M83 once, you get what this is about — but the pair do a solid job landing the feels central to this sound. The synth notes take center stage, and on a song like opener “Love With A Desire” they constantly move up to big, wordless peaks. Get it here, or listen below.

<a href="http://boyobjects.bandcamp.com/album/boy-objects">Boy Objects by Boy Objects</a>

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New Snail’s House: Kirara EP

ByPatrick St. Michel May 14, 2015May 14, 2015

There was a week where I nearly only posted “kawaii bass” music…remember that? Well, it was kicked off by producer Snail’s House, who had been sharing bouncy tracks on SoundCloud loaded with cute, cut-up vocal samples and so forth. It at times could be a little too cuddly, though with more than enough going for…

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New Abelest: Kenkou

ByPatrick St. Michel January 4, 2019

Kenkou functions not just as a bubbling and playful set of pop, but as a mini-celebration of Fukuoka. Producer Abelest hails from the city, and two of the three guests joining them on this release via Maltine Records also call the Western Japanese hub home. And they come through with some fresh ideas on busy…

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New Kamisama Club: “Sugarhead No Koibito”

ByPatrick St. Michel May 25, 2017

Duo Kamisama Club have a mini-album on the way via Purre Goohn, and “Sugarhead No Koibito” shows they are only getting trippier with their music. “Sugarhead” plays out like a distant cousin of “kawaii bass” fare, zipping ahead on a stuttering beat and featuring all sorts of loopy details in the mix — pitched-up voices,…

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THE BEAUTY: “Match Point”

ByPatrick St. Michel October 5, 2010

Oh expectations. Though sometimes capable of building a promising-looking group into something they can never actually hope to be, resulting in crippling disappointment, they can also sometimes lead one to believe something won’t be all that good and….zing!….it’s actually amazing. Given the artists I followed to reach THE BEAUTY, I fully expected something that would…

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New Maho Littlebear: “Do It”

ByPatrick St. Michel September 22, 2015

Kyoto’s Maho Littlebear offers up a slow-burning house number with ‘Do It,” her third song in the span of 22 days, and the best of the trio. She seems to work in spurts — she sorta vanished after releasing a lot of new songs about eight months ago, counting this still-incredible collaboration with Soleil Soleil….

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New Erik Luebs: “Cycle 2.6 / June”

ByPatrick St. Michel July 2, 2019

Erik Luebs (formerly Magical Mistakes) has kept up with his Cycle project, and the results have been solid — I’m a particular fan of Cycle 2.4 / April — but have also kind of just slipped by the ol’ blogging schedule. Let’s change that with this installment, focused on the song “Wavering.” Luebs finds a…

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