Mukuchi excels at jolly little pop songs, whether on her own or as part of Feather Shuttles Forever. She’s the prior for “Reizouko,” and it’s a funny bit of bedroom pop to start off the new week. The music itself relies on some jaunty piano notes alongside a few more toy-like details — I swear…
Simply embracing self-provided descriptions of music or, really, any art without any personal reflection on it is usually a fools game. But man…Bojou Tracks description of themselves really nails it, and is as good as you could ask for. “Bojou Tracks is a label for sensitive hearts,” and the compilation Bojou In Da Tracks delivers…
Singer/songwriter Mukuchi excels at making bouncy bedroom pop, featuring a wide variety of sounds ranging from synthesizer notes to toy instruments. Her playful voice ties it all together, and she’s even gone as far as to create a new (at least to my knowledge) genre called “seagaze” to describe it. Don’t let shiny tags on…
There’s a lot of good stuff piled up in the Make Believe Melodies drafts folder (it is very disorganized), but the best place to start is with some pleasant seagazer music from Mukuchi. “Kiekake No Gaitou” is a light but charming number that is barely there, skittery beats and keyboard out of an old-timey, sort…
Anybody can invent a genre, but Mukuchi’s use of “seagazer” to describe “Hikidashi” stands as a rare moment when a made-up category to describe music actually works pretty well. “Hikidashi” is a mid-afternoon daydream of a song, a slightly faded set of guitars, light percussion and singing in no rush to get anywhere. It’s a…