![]() both are heavy, exciting, i dare say thrilling, tracks. the one-two punch of 'new years' and 'thursday' is as great as anything you'll hear this year. ![]() the first 1/2 of the album is as good as anything i've heard in a LONG time (and i listen to a lot of music). Through they do mine familiar shoegazer territory, asobi seksu is a highly orginal and exciting band. if it seems that asobi seksu is a highly calculated band, nothing could be futher from the truth. tight, effecient songs, effortless melodies, intricate and interesting musicianship, and enough energy to light a city for weeks. asobi seksu is everything that's right about great pop/rock music. but yuki owes more of debt to harriet wheeler than elizabeth frasier. sure, the elements of shoegazing are there, name in the swirling, kaleidoscopic guitars and yuki's occasional elizabeth-frasier-esque vocals tics. ![]() those who hold on to as though it were some holy grail do themselves a disservice by refusing to properly acknowledge a band who has nothing but love for the aforementioned band.Īsobi seksu, a nyc quarted, is a crazily fantastic band. shoegazing hit its peak nearly 15 years ago. no, asobi seksu aren't my bloody valentine, slowdive, ride, swervedriver, or any number of other shoegazer bands. ![]() not only is comparing the present to past generally unfair and shortsighted, it's also amounts to a display on narrow-mindedness. Whenever a new bands surfaces and mines old territory, the naysayers inevitably appear and begin to knock down the current in favor of the past. ![]()
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