Current Events > listened to my first j-pop albums today

(+) Yeah! (+)

(not counting city pop) Some of this stuff is way better than expected.

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/koto/

in particular i really like this, this is way more sonically varied and interesting than American pop

it's like if melt-banana did j-pop instead of noise rock
Same manic, colorful, upbeat energy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i50KDjBOfVY

but given how few views her youtube channel has, she's clearly pretty fucking obscure

good shit though

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check out gutevolk

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75nXFU6WJNI

also listening to my 2nd Maison Book Girl album
really good stuff.
though the first one ran a little long should have cut it down from like 21 tracks to about 15
the latter half of the album is weaker for sure

it's high energy still, but unlike K O T O it's also pretty melancholy

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great album overall, did not need the fucking 5 minute spoken word final track

now i'm listening to their most recent album and then i'll listen to their first

So far this is more downbeat and a lot slower, but still very good


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I have nothing to contribute re: jpop but check out this dope Japanese psychedelic rock band imo

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PNzsRauOeqE

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been listening to both these artists a ton the last two days

some of the most interesting music i've found in quite a while

i'm sure most j-pop is absolute garbage

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i'm mostly a city pop / kayo kyoku listener myself, so my more recent j-pop tastes are pretty scattered

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalk_Samen_Kuri_no_Hana
^this here, if you can find it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJUIxpBdRoI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbXgrjm_GCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sugAl4nM778

anything by predawn

boa's work in the early '00s and late '90s, utada hikaru in the same timeframe

coorie's first album

chouchou

serani poji

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i love city pop and i had a time not long ago where i listened to it a lot

I will most certainly call myself a fan of K O T O
and Saison Book Girl

Enjoyed an album by Haru Nemuri and now i am enjoying an album by perfume

i will check that stuff out later.

unrelated but there's also a bunch of japanese bands i love

Sabbat, Sigh, and Boris are 3 of my favorite metal bands
Ritual Carnage but out one of my 2 favorite thrash albums ever

also love Melt-Banana as said, and also Boredoms

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