New Metoronori: “ディナー・Till・☾ ◯”
Whirring, buzzing, faint, distant memory, mysterious, hypnotic, strange, intimate, far, intriguing, bedroom, mysterious, gorgeous, slow-burning (if it burns at all), Metoronori’s best song yet. Listen below.
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