New Prince Graves: Take Me To Your Planet

ByPatrick St. Michel

The Prince Graves project initially seemed like it would be venturing into stranger territory when their first song came out. The new outfit of former She Talks Silence member Ami Kawai explored more experimental areas while also touching on the shadowy indie-pop of that previous group on their debut album, too, but their newest single moves in a slightly different way. “Take Me To Your Planet” is woozy indie-pop yearning, featuring the most rollicking melody Prince Graves have created yet coupled with vocals that express an upbeat hope rather than Lynch-adjacent dread. Taken with the breezy hammock of a song “Piece Of My Soul” (somewhere between Mac DeMarco and Boys Age), this single shows Prince Graves moving a little closer to the indie center. Get it here, or listen below.

Similar Posts

  • |

    New DYGL: EP #1

    ByPatrick St. Michel

    Nobuki Akiyama stays busy. The lead singer of Ykiki Beat can expect a busy summer, as that project’s debut album When The World Is Wide drops this July. Maybe anticipating a packed season, his other band DYGL shared their EP #1 digitally this week. It is technically their first cassette release, but can be purchased…

  • New Teen Runnings: “Wonder Mountaineering”

    ByPatrick St. Michel

    [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW1r5oCGf2Q”] In which Tokyo’s Teen Runnings (formerly Friends, for those not caught up) notice the season and ditch the beach for the mountains…sorta. New song “Wonder Mountaineering” declares as much with its title – which, a Google search of “song with mountaineering in the title,” reveals to be a frontrunner for best song with mountaineering…

  • New Halfby: “Slow Banana” Featuring Alfred Beach Sandal

    ByPatrick St. Michel

    Kyoto’s Halfby really should always stick close to the coast. The producer has been creating zany sample-centric music for over a decade now, but the clear highlight of that span was when he went full-on tropical for 2010’s The Island Of Curiosity, a deeply warm collection miles ahead of the often overly wacky stuff he…

  • Japanese Christmas Round-Up 2012: Miila, Her Ghost Friend,

    ByPatrick St. Michel

    Miila “Santa Baby” この曲はクリスマス・クラシックの独自バージョン。今回the Geeksは参加しておらずMiilaのソロとしてのリリースなのですが、グランジーでスローなギターにシンプルかつどこか不気味なドラムが印象的な”Santa Baby”のカバーになっています。Miilaは淡々と歌うものの、その擦れた質感やたびたび登場するノイズも相まって、今まで聴いたどのカバーよりも邪悪な印象です。ビデオは以下から。 Her Ghost Friend Merry Christmas Her Ghost Friendはホリデー・シーズンの為に特別な３曲を用意してくれました。そのうちの２曲はオリジナルで、今までのグループのリリースの中でも１番と言っていいほど優れた作品です（Her Ghost Friendの”Looking For Wonder”は今年のベストの１つだと言っているわけなのですが）。”白い、白い、好き、好き、”はノイジーに始まるのですが、ボーカル、ストリングスとシンセが美しく絡み付いていきます。ハープのようなアルペジオ・フレーズがとても華やかですね。”哀愁のクリスマス – Merry Christmas Dear Girl”はオルゴールのようなサウンドがいくつもレイヤーされていて、とてもユニークかつロマンチック。セットは”Miracle Powerful Beat”のリミックスで幕を閉じます。試聴は以下から。 Yucca “Waiting For Snow” もっとスローなテンポが好みで、クリスマスらしく鈴の音が聴きたい方は、Yuccaの”Waiting For Snow”のビデオをオススメします。ビデオは以下から。