Ombre Vivante Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Okay, kiddies, gather 'round and let me say to get thee to the nearest record store or click on your favourite music website and buy a Asobi Seksu album. Any album will do. If you dig that Bloody Valentine distorted, muffled Indie Pop that hi-jacks your mind for daze, then this is the band to follow. "Thursday" (from the Citrus album) "Transparance" (from their album Hush) I have not felt this excited to listen to new music in a coupla years. Not only that, but they tour non-stop. It's crazy. I almost feel bad for her, but I also feel they need to tour and record MOAR OMG! I THINK I'M IN LOVE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 Citrus is easily their best, Hush is not as good. They have an acoustic album that came out last year that is also very lovely. I don't hear any MBV resemblance, though. Anyhoo, here's the stripped down version of Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted January 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVLWUYYKd3U The semblance to MBV is all over their sound: distorted guitar, muffled-whispered vocals being drowned by the instrumentation. It's fairly obvious. The main difference being MBV is LOUD. Another band similar to both is Jesus And Mary Chain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr12qb5u0nY I have all of Asobi Seksu's albums and two singles. I definitely love Citrus, but Rewolf and Live At... are really good as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 New album came out earlier this year and it's a good one. I can't decide which is their best track, but I'm gonna go with "Leave The Drummer Out There." They really went off on that one. "In My Head" comes a close second with "Trails" and "My Baby" rounding things off quite well. Praise the lord, hallelujah. There is still hope for good music being made nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 BA, do you listen to Gackt or Versailles by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 I've seen it under recommendations at the yesasia website. Oddly enough, if it's not related to animu, I seldom listen to Japanese music. I'm more into Corean Indie Electronic Pop. It's one of the few instances when Japan isn't superior. Here's a clip of Swinging Popsicle's "Kanashii Shirabe" (lit. "Sad Melody"). Coincidentally, this song was featured in a Corean Pop compilation from Pastel records. She has a sweet voice in this song; the kind that'd make me wanna hold her and tell her "it's okay" hahahah. I like it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hNLoFQwYe0 Here's the ending theme to the old Area 88 miniseries: Looking at what kind of music I collect, the majority of it is by male vocalists. So, to enjoy Japanese Pop music by female vocalists is a bit strange and uncommon. I'll even listen to the annoying/high-pitched stuff with no qualms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsVDmbk4fuw&p=EEA1C8814E49DB4B No Visual Kei in my collection, except for a few songs by X... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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