We’ve officially gone beyond the point of no return when it comes to caring about celebrities and politics, so I’m glad Soutaiseiriron is still out here making songs about the future that aren’t really about anything in particular except for wordplay and semi-absurdist (but not really) imagery. “Neo Future” finds the band dipping into their…
#10 In The Blue Shirt Cyanotype And Sensation Of Blueness Across these two brief but busy releases, Osaka’s In The Blue Shirt transmogrified the familiar into alien forms. His approach to music remains the same — grab a line or a few from a song, whether it be an obscure cut or a global smash…
Of course Soutaiseiriron’s first full taste of their new album — out this week — is the final track. I mean, they did put out a trailer too. Over the last few years, Soutaiseiriron have proven to be one of the more influential Japanese bands of the last decade, lead singer Etsuko Yakushimaru’s near-whispered sing-speak…
The ever-mysterious Soutaiseiriron follow up last year’s hit-and-miss album with…not quite a remix album, despite a star-studded roster of folks stepping up to rework them. Tadashii Soutaiseiriron also features some original tracks though, according to Tokyo’s Coolest Sound. Strange, but maybe not so weird for a band who rely on incognito airs as much as…
20. Your Gold, My Pink “Adolescence” Back in May I saw Your Gold, My Pink play the Nara Street Style Music Festival, going into their late-day set absolutely jazzed to see what they could do live. An hour later I wanted to hightail it to the McDonald’s across the street to drown my disappointment in…