Takes me back to my high school classroom during the days of binging Inio Asano's old manga scanlations before anything was licensed. At that time, I was discovering many kinds of Asian shoegaze, but I've never heard anything like this. Makes me think of Pasteboard, Supecar, and Midnight Pingpong a bit, and it's funny bc the first two I listen have blue album covers too. Lu
This album is absolutely stellar and now one of my most listened to. It's nostalgic sounding and unlike music at the time for me, this provides me a bit of challenge and uniqueness that keep me coming back. I'm happy they've chosen their native language too as it brings extra authenticity to the sound. toastal
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