For Tracy Hyde has expanded a bit – they’ve grown in number of members, which I saw at a live show they played recently. Despite a rise in the number of folks in the band, new song “Small Town, Summer Rain” still sounds like For Tracy Hyde. It’s a peppy indie-pop song…crucially, sang in Japanese…accented by little electronic touches. It will appear on the forthcoming All About Ivy EP. Listen above.
“Now making [new album].” Well that’s an exciting development from Osaka producer Metome’s camp. To give us a little preview of what he’s working on, he’s posted a new song called “Bshop’s Ring Sun,” which can also be downloaded for free over this way. It is a reminder that Metome is one of the finest…
Do not approach FOGPAK #6 as an album. To sit down and listen through this 33-track collection in one go is far from an unpleasant experience – it’s great! – but did you see the part about 33 songs? Expect to devote at least two hours of your day to FOGPAK #6…which is a lot…
This year saw a first from techno-pop trio Perfume – a dud. “Mirai No Museum,” a song written for a Doraemon movie, was greeted with mostly shrugs and “ehhhhh, hope the next one is better” from the group’s usually rabid fanbase. It did alright sales wise, but failed to ignite even real hate from anyone…
東京のデュオ、LLLLの楽曲には良い意味で不穏な空気感が漂っています。セルフ・タイトルのデビューアルバムも、続くシングル”Spider Web/Drafting Still“も、何かが陰に潜んでいるようなスリルを感じさせてくれます。今月リリースされたデュオの最長作品、”Mirror”というミニアルバムでは、目の回るようなサウンドがさらに強調されていて、それでいて今までの作品よりもポップさが増しています。一曲目の”Oddness”のイントロでフィーチャーされているシンセからすでにホラー・映画のような雰囲気が感じられ、後に出てくる音色も、スピード感に変化を与えていたり、曲に深みを足しています。色気のあるボーカルも上手く抜けていますし、曲をキャッチーで聴きやすい物にしています。 次の曲、”I Wish You”は、ボーカルの処理の仕方や、それに絡むダンス・ビート等、構成がスウェーデンのザ・ナイフを彷彿とさせています。このグループもエレクトロ・ポップをダークな新しい物にしているので、共通点が多く見受けられます。”Mirror”に収録されている他の曲も、安定してポップかつキャッチーで、それに加えられたダークさがLLLLの最大の武器かつ個性で、作品に深みを与えています。 Mirror by LLLL
Part of the thrill of listening to Japanese juke producer Picnic Women’s music is the moment you realize, “holy shit, it’s that song!” Yet this isn’t like when you listened to Girl Talk as a freshman in your dorm, freaking out because Neutral Milk Hotel and Juelz Santana finally came together on a song. Nope,…
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally arrived – Jesse Ruins’ proper debut album has finally arrived, and The Fader is streaming it all right now. A lot has changed since the CUZ ME PAIN label emerged from the shadows of MySpace – Jesse Ruins has evolved from a solo-project of Nobuyuki Sakuma…