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MH-256 4 Bonjour's Parties - Pigments Drift Down To The Brook  4 Bonjour's Parties is a seven member strong ensemble from Tokyo, Japan. Their debut full-length release, Pigments Drift Down To The Brook, with it's expansive, chamber-music approach to song structure and production, hints at modern risk-takers Architecture In Helsinki and The Arcade Fire. Alternating between sweet and majestic, the combination of male and female vocals, sung both in Japanese accented English, is an aural wonder. Keyboards and wind instruments lay on top of a bed of dream-rock guitar, bass, and drums, creating moments of 60’s guitar pop, Neu inspired repetition, and modern electronics, all within the same expansive track. Pigments Drift Down To The Brook marks 4 Bonjour's Parties as a band that deserves close attention. |
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| A big sound with a sense of wonder to it. - Remix / An album that should be making the world of pop music take notice - The Needle Drop / A gloriously dreamy treasure - Organ / Breathtaking experience in ethereality and catharsis through open-minded, collaborative sound - PopMatters / Nothing quite like this on the market today - Slug / You can't go wrong with this album - Giant Robot |
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| 4 Bonjour's Parties is a seven-piece band based in Tokyo, Japan consisting of Ayumu Haitani, Koji Ueno, Tomomi Shikano, Hirokasu Kusakabe, Daisuke Kurihara, Yukiko Hamada, and masashi Tabei. Pigments Drift Down to the Brook is an intruiging collection of tunes that range from soft and subdues progressive pop to slightly jazz-flavored pieces that occassinoally (and very slightly) recall the sound of Stereolab. Some of the band's songs are sung in English while others are in Japanese. One thing is certain. These folks are taking an approach that doesn't sound like any other Japanese band we have heard of late. Except for some of the lyrics, this band's music sound has much more in common with America's modern underground progressive artists. These tunes feature dreamy, complex arrangements with unusual layers of instruments...and vocals that are simultaneously familiar and peculiar. Pigments is a strange spin with lots of subtle sounds that only become apparent with repeated spins. Curious cuts include "Magpie Will Peck a Hole in My Plaster Cast," "Your Long Chill Hands," "Amalthea," and "Otogima Horse." - Babysue |
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