#30 She Talks Silence Sorry, I Am Not She Talks Silence started as a solo project plucking away in the shadows, before becoming a duo moving ever-so-slightly forward, before this year returning once again as just Minami Yamaguchi, somehow taking a bigger step forward but also becoming harder to hear. Sorry, I Am Not is…
Usually, Japan gets new movies or TV shows way later than the rest of the world. But sometimes it works the other way too — I figured Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa’s latest album Are Euphoria was out everywhere, since you can find it at music stores here in Tokyo. But nope! It comes out…
Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa’s latest album, Savage Imagination, officially came out in America yesterday. It’s a very good listen, and here’s another example of it via the new video for the bouncy, building song “Pastel Ice Date.” It’s not one of the album’s beefier moments – though the guitar that rips through late in…
The partnership between Takako Minekawa and Dusting Wong keeps getting stronger. “She He See Feel” retains the playful squirminess that was all over last year’s very-good Toropical Circle, yet here they’ve gotten better at taking that joy and building it towards something. Which…well, the final passage of this song is great release, a very Wong-solo-album-worthy…
Dustin Wong – formerly of frantic Baltimore outfit Ponytail and also Ecstatic Sunshine, and currently operating as a solo artist signed to American label Thrill Jockey – recently moved to Tokyo. Which means…he’s fair game for us at Make Believe Melodies! His first bit of new material since relocating in Japan’s capital comes as part…