The first surprise is how soon August 31 is…that’s the day dreamy nature-leaning pop maker Cokiyu performs a special show in Tokyo. It’s also the last day of the summer for many folks (cough, ahem, like me, cough), which is a rude realization. Yet the plus is Cokiyu has shared a new song..currently going without…
Solo artist Cokiyu has, until now, stuck to a pretty strict style with her music. She makes dreamy, often natural-themed synth-pop that’s equal parts delicate and enveloping. Even simpler…I don’t turn to her music when I’m looking for something confrontational or abstract. Which is what makes her “Siren In Tears” song…available on Bandcamp…such a shaker….
Cokiyu’s recently released Haku EP is a pretty collection of songs, highlighted by a collaboration with Los-Angeles-based-artist Baths. It is a collection very much worth your time. That said…the Tokyo mood-maker’s once-unreleased-but-now-released song “Vapor Doll” is the best track to emerge from the Haku period so far. It’s a collaboration with Tokyo-based sound artist 34423,…
10. The Mornings Save The Mornings The past year saw a lot of Japanese bands trying to fill one of two molds – some groups tried to capture youthful exuberance via a lot of yelping in an effort to be like early Los Campesinos!, while another batch tried fast-talking over math-ey guitar patterns like they…
To some degree, Cokiyu is responsible for you reading this post on this blog right now. I’m not talking in the head-slappingly obvious way that you probably Googled that name and somehow ended up here, but rather the little truth that this blog might not even exist if it weren’t for college-aged me stumbling across…