Duo Frasco keep up their prolific pace in 2018 with “Dramatic,” their latest digital single. And like the numbers before it, “Dramatic” finds them shifting things up ever so slightly, highlighting the pair’s ability to bring in various elements under a funk-pop umbrella. “Dramatic” features a pronounced electronic bounce, which gives it extra force than…
Tokyo duo Frasco tend to operate in two modes. One style veers close to what some have labelled “city pop revival,” though it is just as indebted to acid jazz, AOR cuts and American funk. It’s good and often times bump-able. The second though, which ends up on display in new song “Sleepwalking,” is far…
Duo Frasco’s music has always been relatively laid back, avoiding easy city-pop-revival trappings in favor of something a bit more out there (but still limber). So this group — which describe themselves as a “meta pop project?” I don’t remember that from last year, is this a commentary on…something? — creating a smoothed-out beat for…
Duo Frasco have been offering up a nice alternative take on Japan’s current interest in laid-back music, and “Viewtiful” highlights just how. Whereas other young groups tend to keep everything super laid-back — and, more importantly, build around guitars — Frasco let a little tension sneak into their synth-pop jams. “Viewtiful” is in no rush…
Sometimes you see a theme jump out of your SoundCloud likes, and you run with it. Always nice when the music matches in quality. The latest from “urban electro pop” outfit Frasco is “Imitation Crab,” a burbly and slow-moving number with a melancholy streak running through it. And there is a downtempo rap near the…