Call this one an uncomfortable chill. It has been a while since we’ve heard from Boys Age, but “Phantasm Gem” reminds that the project is still delivering one of the more off-kilter takes on chilled-out indie-realm sounds going. Their latest sashays along on a guitar melody close to the music you’d hear on Spongebob Squarepants,…
It’s the feeling of something being just off…of bad vibes sneaking through even the chillest guiat riffs…that really makes “Daughter The Star Gazer” a welcome addition to the Boys Age catalog. This project has gone all over the place since they started, but this one is a return to basics. Boys Age play a simple…
Boys Age’s music, whether laid back or melancholy or even peppy, sounds agoraphobic. It’s mostly because of Kaznary Mutow’s voice, a little garbled and always reserved, even on chipper numbers. Yet there’s also something warm about it all, and it comes through on new song “Blue Water.” It’s a song about loneliness and wondering, but…
This is both the liveliest sounding Boys Age song and the most downtrodden. The bedroom rock project has gotten jangly at times in the past, but “Forlorn Beach” deploys a jaunty drum beat that practically skips ahead, adding an energy rarely found in the group’s music. And it works well in conjunction with the guitar…
There was a time when Saitama-based outfit Boys Age released songs on a weekly basis, and dropped albums just as quickly. Over the last year, the project has slowed down and taken its time putting out new material, and it has managed to make the songs that do appear all the more urgent. Which is…