Kikagaku Moyo House in the Tall Grass Review
Kikagaku Moyo/ 幾何学模様 is one of my accented favourite bands. The grouping's last two albums made our 'Essential' list in 2014, and we have been wowed by their exciting live performances,. Equally a result the levels of expectations for a new album are heaven high, and went upwards a notch when I heard the pb track from the anthology, 'Kogarashi'.
I can say right away that the anthology has more than met expectations, merely it is not what I expected. While previous albums have veered more than towards the experimental side, in that peachy tradition of Japanese psych that is writ large in the Guruguru Encephalon (the record label run by members of the band) compilation Guruguru Brainwash; 'House in the Tall Grass' is a far more luscious proposition, as 'Kogarashi' had suggested. Make no mistake this is an admittedly amazing album, simply it represents a shift in Kikagaku Moyo'southward approach to something more accessible, an anthology that goes with the grain far more than its predecessors.
Getting into the set itself, the nearly eight infinitesimal opener starts as if zippo has changed with a cacophony of noise, which chop-chop drops into a beautifully melting melody with smooth harmonies and a glorious baseline lurking only underneath. This is the first of many tracks on this anthology which have the sonic result of a relaxing massage, the vibrations passing right through you in a manner that is invigorating rather than somnolent. This puts you just in the right place for the same 'Kogarashi' which takes that beauty to a whole new level. This is an utterly enchanting rail that seems to become more beguiling with every listen.
'Old Snow, White Sun' has a certain bleakness to information technology suggesting, as the title alludes to, a irresolute of flavor; a track perhaps of old joys and new possibilities. There is sadness in this song, yet at that place is also more than a trace of hope as the etherial song finds its manner through the acoustic guitar, indistinct keyboard and cached rhythms. A thought provoking and well worn song, the same of which could be said of 'Melted Crystal', which seems to occupy the aforementioned sort of conceptual space. A tedious, uncomplicated and repetitive track that does not develop very far just near imperceptibly builds up in the listen to create sonic pictures of loss and longing.
'Dune' is a short and more uptempo instrumental that cleans the musical palate before 'Silvery Owl', a beautiful ten minute track that once once more mixes alluring melodies with absorbing harmonies to create something that is for the nigh part fragile and vulnerable even so towards the terminate breaks out into something birthday more substantial and confident with some well-placed wah wah guitar imposing itself over more acoustic element to smashing effect. This have the track home in a way that does not comprise the before beauty but actually giving it a strong and powerful stop.
Post-obit the interlude of 'Fata Morgana' comes 'Trad', which I would probably describe as the most psychedelic on the album. Over again the combination of music and vocal harmonies is near perfect providing an atmosphere that is both etherial and graceful before the track really breaks through to another level recalling some great experimental psych bands of the past (and perhaps the 'Trad' of the championship is a reverence to 'Trad Gras Och Stenar').
The album ends on a existent loftier with 'Cardigan Song', a rail that feels every bit comfortable every bit information technology is brittle. This feels like a tradition song found in an old box; but does not experience old, nor is information technology like a folk vocal in the traditional sense.In a way, though, information technology helps me understand what his album means to me. It strikes me that through the music on this record Kikagaku Moyo have adult something that feels warm and comforting. At that place is cipher here that is particularly challenging or hard to hear, rather information technology is an LP that coaxes out our emotions through empathy rather than provocation. It is, equally I said near the beginning, an album that goes with the grain. It is an album of consummate beauty and, while a departure from their recent albums, is quite possibly the band's all-time work to date.
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