New Perfume: “1mm”

I’m melting over here. Let’s put biases out front shall we…Perfume are my favorite musical entity ever, and I’ll always find some light even in their worst moments (I see you “Mirai No Museum,” what’s up “Toki No Hari”) because I’m fully entranced by what Yasutaka Nakata does. OK, we clear on that? “1mm” is, on a few initial listens, great. Since last summer’s trifecta of “Spending All My Time”/”Point”/”Hurly Burly,” Perfume’s singles have been a bit more hit or miss, at their best being catchy albeit a bit safe for them (“Magic Of Love” springs to mind). This, though, features an immediately satisfying chorus (punctuated by some airy “ah-ah-ahhhhhhs”) and one of Nakata’s less darty creations sonically in quite some time. It slowly builds up, practically rumbling. I probably should listen to a bunch of dance records to see where Nakata is pulling from…but dang, this is great. Listen below (or click the picture!)