New Spangle Call Lilli Line Featuring Moto Kawabe From Mitsume: “Feel Uneasy”

New Spangle Call Lilli Line Featuring Moto Kawabe From Mitsume: “Feel Uneasy”

The news hook is that Spangle Call Lilli Line have a new album, Ghost Is Dead, out on November 11. The intrigue is in the inclusion of Mitsume singer Moto Kawabe on the song “Feel Uneasy,” the first taste of the full-length since July’s “Azure.” Given Spangle Call Lilli Line’s long-running existence, it feels like…

New Mitsume: “Memai”

New Mitsume: “Memai”

After deconstructing themselves thoroughly on last year’s wonderful Sasayaki, Tokyo’s Mitsume are back with a new EP this May, and they’ve shared the title track to it. “Memai” isn’t quite as stripped down as some of the highlights from 2014, yet it does nail the repetition they do so well, sprinkled with dizzying electronic details….

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Make Believe Melodies’ Japanese Albums Of The Year: 20-11

I’m not a designer of any sort, so please enjoy this clip art. Something that tends to happen with end-of-the-year lists is writers and publications end up creating narratives for the year that just unfolded. The dominant one for 2014 so far has been “what a horrible year,” which…fair enough, if you followed the news…