Self-Promotion Plus: Mop Of Head In The Japan Times

ByPatrick St. Michel

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Mop Of Head are a four-piece instrumental band from Tokyo. I’ve never actually mentioned them on this blog before, but wrote something up about them and their debut album Retronix for The Japan Times today. Read it here!

As the story mentions, these dudes are all over the place with their influences, though nearly all of it can be divided as a melding of “rockin'” and “dancey” save for the slow-twinkling “Love Pop Dance Music.” The song above is one of my favorites, so give it a whirl.

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