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
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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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I’ve been listening to this band on and off since finding them near the end of May, but everytime I come back I listen to at least an album in full. They sound like if a band with 90’s twee-pop lyrical prowess were dropped in the Brill Building and incorporated a surprising but welcomed dose of dub. RIYL: Beach Boys-style-orchestration worship, laying in the park and/or daydreaming about yr crush, music that lands in both easy- and active-listening camps comfortably.
Jul 14, 2024
some tried and true classic shoegaze sounds on this, more glide guitar than walls of sound. if you like MBV this will be right up your alley, it has the same ear for melody that Loveless does
Jun 13, 2024
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May 22, 2025
Hey tyler hopefully this doesn’t violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/
The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I can’t wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! ❤️
Mar 27, 2024
“Songs Of a Lost World” coming to a goth listening station near you Nov 1 🖤
The fr FW Me Friday the 13th the world was looking for
Sep 14, 2024