“We Pretty Much Whine About the Same Things”: Emo in Asia
“We Pretty Much Whine About the Same Things”: Emo in Asia
I wrote this for Bandcamp.
Tag: japan
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(via Metoronori)
Remember the first time you heard ‘Kid A’ and all those sounds came out of nowhere and it was disorienting but beautiful and moving? I felt the same way listening to Metoronori for the first time, and the second time, and the 100th time. ‘Poolscape’ is out now via Virgin Babylon Records and it’s only four songs long, but each song is so distinct and strange that you’ll want to hear more if only just to hear what else this artist is capable of doing.
Metoronori:
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(via Universe Nekoko & Lovely Summer Chan)
“Divine Hammer” is an older collaboration between Universe Nekoko and Lovely Summer Chan, two great Japanese acts that don’t have a large presence on the Internet except for this new music video. The video was directed by Anise Mariko and Yumiko Kobayashi and stars Abi Laurel, a New York City-based art director, animator, and VJ. In the video, she takes a train to Tokyo and explores the city with Elleanor Yamaguchi to the sound of lovely Japanese indie-pop that wouldn’t sound out of place in Lost In Translation.
I agree with Make Believe Melodies in that the music video is refreshingly upbeat and not the typical downer you get with most shoegaze-sounding music. Superhero Mag also points out that this was a special international collaboration between artists in New York and Tokyo. Speaking of collaboration, where is this train that’ll take me from New York to Tokyo? I must find it now.
Universe Nekoko:
(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)