New White Wear: “Honkadori”

When talking about anything White Wear…or, honestly, anything that has emerged from the CUZ ME PAIN label over the past few years, from Jesse Ruins to The Beauty…does, I tend to include the word “unsettling.” That’s a trait he’s really good at conveying in his music, and has made the two EPs released under the White Wear name intriguing listens. What’s striking about this “introduction for third EP,” though, is how damn cheery it sounds. “Honkadori” hides no menacing intentions, no monsters hiding under the bed. It’s several perky guitar lines…so this is what a day in the park with CUZ ME PAIN would sound like…with some non-threatnening synths and sorta muffled vocals. Never though anyone related to Tokyo’s most shadow-drenched label could make a song you could drop on a pool-party mix, but here we are. Listen below.