Tokyo’s LLLL have gone in a lot of directions over the last few years, but a stripped down piano number is a new one. “Sincerely Yours” isn’t purely recital material — a few electronic touches whiz and glow throughout the song — but the emphasis is on piano chords, and it’s a very lovely song…
#10. Parupunte Primitive Imagine your favorite pop songs, but recorded deep within a cave. That’s Parupunte’s debut album Primitive, a rough but formidable collection that manages to capture the Osaka duo in all of their scratchy glory, playing absorbing pop songs that sound like the were recorded deep inside a national park. Whatever the circumstances,…
One of my favorite albums of the year is Meishi Smiel’s Belong, and maybe part of the reason for that is I have a hard time putting into words just why that is. I mean, I know why, but getting into words that feel appropriate feels like climbing up a mountain. It boils down to…
A week after sharing a new song, Tokyo producer LLLL’s new EP has been released online via Maltine Records. Following the steps of that first song, Cruel finds LLLL working with a few other female vocalists to create dreamy electro numbers prone to revealing a harder side. He recruits Japanese singer Fraqsea on the plinky…
Maltine Records, set to celebrate a decade of existence in the very near future, aren’t stopping regular activities. They are set to release their next collection (and first from a Japanese artist this year) from Tokyo’s LLLL very soon, but today all parties involved the first song from it, “Futo Subete Yume To Shiita.” The…