Monthly Listening: Sep 2023

[adevyish]

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

• harha / Andersen
• Be:First / Mainstream
• Brandt Brauer Frick / Soba (feat. KOM_I)

Comments

[superborb]

Oh I liked Dokidoki Computer, thanks for the rec!

[adevyish]

Glad you enjoyed!