Don’t expect regular updates until I’m back in Japan this weekend…but before savoring the last few days of vacation, I did want to post the new Sakanaction song “Eureka.” Watch the video above.
The Kohaku TV show (a yearly program where some of the most popular singers from Japan perform on New Year’s Eve) and, as it always did, it brought about a variety of high profile folks out of the woodworks to moan about the state of modern Japanese music. Well,, ignoring the baby-level complaints of most commentary (“uggggggh POP!”), Sakanaction is right there topping the charts and appearing on Kohaku. And here is a very, very popular band releasing a skeletal ballad that sounds like it was recorded underwater.