Monthly Listening: Apr 2026

[adevyish]

A short one this month!

• odol / gomen ne (journey)
  • This song begins as unassuming light pop fare, before revealing its hopeless, hopeful pleas in loud brass.
• Blurred City Lights / Gekkou
  • Dreamy, mathy shoegaze that reminds me of Plastic Tree.
• iVy / Twin Leicas ★
  • iVy’s prior songs have been more run-of-the-mill shoegaze. This song, messy and exploratory, makes a great thesis statement for their future.
  • This song is currently incorrectly linked to the channel of IVY, a Japanese indie idol group. iVy’s actual Youtube channel is here.
• Finlands / Yoru no Theme Song (A Theme for the Night)
  • Pop rock you could hear in a 2000s dorama.
• DSPS / You Yi Tian (CW: smoking)
  • Overamped beach pop.
• Biloba / Little Flower
  • Even with an abundance of instruments and a polka rhythm, this song keeps the acoustic vibe of its psychedelic folk inspirations.
  • More name confusion: this is an LA-based Biloba, not the Lisbon-based one.
• Mitsushima Hikari / Odoru Noir (prod. cero) ★
  • Experimental jazz pop band cero have popped in to produce this actor-singer’s latest single. It being pop makes it more approachable than much of cero’s own work. And I adore the unusual chorus of a layered descending scale.