New Metome: “Koala”
Look, I’m trying to finish a big project, but when Metome drops a new song, I’m at least going to make a quick post to say…Metome dropped a new song, go listen to it above.
Look, I’m trying to finish a big project, but when Metome drops a new song, I’m at least going to make a quick post to say…Metome dropped a new song, go listen to it above.
Short post: Yes, let’s. Long post: The bulk of Have A Nice Day’s! Enter The Void EP finds the project doing what they do best — creating keyboard=heavy escapes that manage some humor but mostly play out like bedroom-made movie soundtracks. This set features their most group_inou indebted instrumental to date (the pinballing “Window Shopping”)…
Talk about timing – around the same time I wrote about the anime-loving Maltine Records, the label uploaded their 91st release (free to download) to their site. The newest offering comes courtesy of Submerse, and it’s an entire album full of original songs and remixes clocking in at just under 50 minutes. Also included –…
Acting surprised that a label describing itself as “a platform for free expression” released a skittery pop song seems silly, considering they can do whatever they want. Free expression! But still, up until Midnight Cult has primarily leaned towards darker juke collections, including a set from Traxman and a 2017 highlight via Weezy. “Lonly You”…
The promotional blitz for producer Tofubeat’s Positive continues with a new music video for “Suteki Na Mezon,” an easier-going number featuring model-turned-singer Tina Tamashiro. It’s pleasant enough when taken by itself, a nice ode to having a nice house, but it ultimately works better within the context of Positive, wherein it serves as a sweet…
Kosmo Kat didn’t vanish, exactly — the Tokyo-based electronic artist collaborated with fellow producer HVNS as iivvyy, resulting in some really fantastic music — but output from their main project certainly slowed over the last year. Rose serves as a fresh start. “Releasing these finally to start a new page,” Kosmo Kat writes, and Rose…
Fukuoka indie-pop quartet Hearsays are prepping to release a new 7″ via their hometown’s Dead Funny Records, and they’ve shared one of the two new tracks appearing on that disc. “Talking Across The Room” is a slightly melancholy jaunt, one that gallops ahead and builds to a release — a subtle one, but one that…