2022 Q1 music listening

[adevyish]

Thought I’d try something new so here’s some of the music I’ve been listening to lately. Unlike my year-end posts it’s not necessarily songs that came out during this period though a lot of it did. Faves are ★’d.

Youtube playlist, minus the wowgokoro song because it’s not on Youtube.

• Serph feat. Zun / Piplup Step ★
  • This is such a catchy, beautifully produced song that perfectly balances hope and melancholy, and it’s all for a Pokémon ad campaign.
• Zeus / Sore wa, Wednesday (feat. Hitomitoi)
  • Love the Cardcaptor Sakura opening theme vibes.
• Ako / Tenshi (cw: guns)
  • I’m always for pentatonic scales over quick claps, it’s the 2000s weeaboo in me.
• Candygirl / Uh-Oh
  • Reminds me of the Persona soundtracks with the jazzy chill hop style.
• chelmico / Meidaimae (prod. tofubeats)
  • tofubeats understands the chelmico sound is 90s j-hip hop meets weird.
• Stayc / Young Luv
  • Yeah I do want more early 2010s pop rock influence in k-pop.
• Utada Hikaru / Somewhere Near Marseilles
  • This song took a while to grow on me, but it turns out I am weak to twelve minute dance floor tracks.
• Nakamura Kaho / Sayonara Claire
  • The speedy bpm brings a sense of anxiety that builds into a careening cacophony of a breakdown. (From the vocalist for the movie Belle / Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime.)
• Bungeitenkoku / Daihachi Tenshi, Tsuushin Kichiryoku
  • A mess of fast-plucked guitars and hurried drums in between what could almost have been a pop song.
• Stereogirl / I Don’t (But Someday)
  • Pop punk!
• AprilBlue / Seaside ★
  • Fuzzy dream pop rock with soaring choruses that hits you right in the nostalgia.
• Jyocho / Kanashimi no Goal (The End of Sorrow)
  • Someone made Jyocho get some more mainstream j-rock production and it’s a good balance for them.
• Tomggg / Kadode (feat. Utae)
  • It’s nice to see Tomggg take on something more orchestral. The result is very fantasy anime soundtrack with perfectly placed instrumental touches.
• wowgokoro / Flash Freezing ★
  • Melancholic dream pop meets Touhou doujin circle/early netlabel electronic production.
• Louis Tomlinson / Copy of a Copy of a Copy (live)
  • Now that I’ve seen Louis live I’ve been replaying his sets from this tour for the instant serotonin hit.
• kinoue64 / Sayonara, Mata Aou ne
  • I usually avoid Vocaloid vocals, but it sort of works with shoegaze?
• snooty / Senkouhanabi
  • Since it’s that season, obligatory graduation song vibes.
• Regal Lily / Wakusei Trash
  • Okay, no more sad j-rock, now for the hopeful stuff.
• Ruck to Soine Gohan / Watashi
  • A pop rock song that makes you want to go to the beach.
• Cody Lee / Setagaya-Daita
  • This sounds like such a Spitz song.
• Kobayashi Izumi / Lum no Love Song (Reboot) (Gus Bonito Remix)
  • From a series of super fun cover remix EPs of the classic anime opening.