adevyish | Monthly Listening: Sep 2023

It’s city pop fall!

Snail’s House / Hypernova Disco
- 00s netlabel electropop does disco.
Natsume Kungfu / Dokidoki Computer
- The hook and vocal suggest a soft chill electropop song, but the chords and sfx bring a sense of unease to an otherwise familiar trope.
Owada Kei / One More Kiss (feat. Hikari)
- Nothing wrong with some straightforward (neo) city pop.
Mom / McDonald no Coffee
- “A record of sad days no one knows”.
Hitsujibungaku / more than words ★
- Hitsujibungaku have made it! (Shounen Jump anime ending song.)
kinopo. / Gain
- Even if it’s overcast and gloomy, it’s still summer if you listen to idol pop punk!
Regallily / If I Could Swim (Oyoide Yuketara)
- Cheery post-punk pop with a dainty xylophone hook.
neochi / I Wanted to Be a Picture (E ni Naritakatta) ★
- New Jyocho-but-pop song! This is less introspective and more joyful than their debut EP, and takes the listener on a moving journey.
Niiyama Shiori / Yoru no Mahou
- Pretending it’s a summer night for just one more day.

Bonus section: The best thing about this music video was the video