Kindan No Tasuketsu’s best strength isn’t the ease in which they glide between styes — they are a great band because they write really great songs. But the prior point is probably a strong number two. They’ve made life-affirming pop songs and pensive acoustic meditations and Christmas songs. With “Konya Wa Boogie Woogie Night,” they…
Coming from an outfit such as Kindan No Tasuketsu, Kindan No Poetry Reading isn’t that that big a surprise. One thing this band does extremely well is shape shift from song to song, capable of big pop moments and reflective acoustic pickers and Ibiza chillout trakcs. Still…this six song collection is, indeed, a poetry reading,…
Kindan No Tasuketsu just released a new collection of songs, Entertainment, and here’s a woozy taste of it. Kindan handles the dreamy chorus, while guest rapper Izumi Makura adds some flair to the verses. It’s a focused number, and features a very nice outro. Check it out above.
Here’s a slow burner from Kindan No Tasuketsu, “Crazy.” It unfolds like a nursery rhyme (that chorus), and features a wild keyboard solo amidst all the longing.
J-Pop doesn’t need to be torn down and built back up. There are lots of bad projects selling lots of albums – this week, Kanjani8 moved more than 200,000 copies of a song, making it the highest-selling single of 2014 thus far – but plenty of great stuff appears on the charts too…and even just…