Osaka’s Yunovation makes quite a splash on her 072 EP, offering listeners a heck of an intro to what she’s all about while highlighting a great deal of songwriting charm. Advance song “Aruteido Aru” remains the stunner, a confident bit of post-Avec-Avec dance-pop anchored by a unique, youthful viewpoint that signals a welcome changing of…
Contentedness comes in many forms — and Yunovation grapples with the feeling of keeping it simple wonderfully on “Aruteido Aru.” The irony being that this is a massive step forward for the Osaka artist. Yunovation has gotten attention over the last couple of years primarily for constructing songs built around melodica, from swift exercises to…
It takes skill to make a song leaning heavily on a sample from The Notebook work, but all credit to Pavilion Xool, whose “I Still Smoke” manages to do just that. The producer’s previous works bends heavily towards future-funk, but “I Still Smoke” features a woozy bed of synthesizers that whirr off, over which guest…