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I loved this band for a while but I started listening to this album after someone from work played Moonchild for me (unreal song).
Awesome Shibuya-kei/electronic vibes throughout, but also filled with super nerdy musical references (metal, lounge, 90s hip hop). Yeaaaaah its Kind of like if the Frost Children listened to Stan Getz and Dan the automator instead of Skrillex and Fall Out Boy. And if they were from Japan instead of like probably Minnesota or Connecticut or whatever. Sean Lennon was in the band at this point that's pretty cool. Miho hatori is so goated too I just learned the she was the original voice of Noodle in the Gorillaz.
Also this cover is fire, looks like Michel gondry adaptation of I'm blue daboodeedabodie!
Fav tracks: spoon, clouds, moonchild
For fans of: Cornelius, stereolab, early Bjork, everything but the girl
Jan 7, 2024
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L.A. band that has quite clearly spent a lot of time with a bunch of Madchester-era music (Happy Mondays but also Charlatans influences; is there a baggy revival in progress?) and most especially MBV -- this track, "Soonish...", could literally be the secret final track on "Loveless" (right after "Soon," get it?). There's also more than a bit of Krautrock going on here; synth burbles pop up on every track and the groop is clearly into reverence-through-repetition in the same way as prime Stereolab (think of that band's endless psych-looping circa the 90s that channeled Can, Faust, Neu!, Popol Vuh, etc.). It might also be me but I also hear the faint echoes of Yo La Tengo on the album, too -- worth getting lost in it a bit, they're out playing shows in Europe and I can't wait to catch them when they hit NYC next.
Oct 18, 2024
haven’t been able to stop listening to this album - who knew east coast psychedelia was so cool? “mind flowers” could be a brian jonestown massacre precursor - also, modern music could use more spoken word poetry over heady guitar riffs, that’s just a fact.
Mar 31, 2024
i lovelovelove this band. awesome group that deserves more recognition. beautica is probably their more shoegazey album but cafe de flor (a track from that linked here) is my favorite, lots of really interesting electronic stuff. comfort band and huge inspo for me. i think you will like them have a listennnn
Mar 5, 2024
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And then you smile at your phone all day long
Jan 9, 2024
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I remember a few weeks back there was some discourse about how good the band Failure is, and I want to use this opportunity to echo a growing appreciation I’ve been seeing for the 00s indie rock band Pinback. i really mess with their album Blue Screen Life (2001), super fun, melodic, bouncy guitar music with post hardcore guitars, sugary vocal harmonies and buzzy synthesizers.
While I think you’d obviously be into them if you’re into like Jimmy Eat World or Death Cab, I also would recommend for fans of The Postal Service, Frou Frou, Blonde Redhead, even like Unknown Mortal Orchestra or Stereolab. this some melancholic indie pop/post-emo with electronic elements and creative songwriting yall.
If you a Pinback head, sound off in the comments - what is your favorite pinback riff…
Jan 21, 2024
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Some people are better at printmaking/visual branding than they are at writing songs and we should not be punished downstream for that!!
If you think this might be about you, log out of adobe creative cloud, and hit the rehearsal space lil bro 🙏
Jan 22, 2024