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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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| Does anyone remember that band from Saskatoon called No Birds? It was like an indie orchestra with violins and french horns and guitars and energy, but with a certain laid-back feel and some electronic sounding drone-y elements. 4 bonjour's parties gives the same kind of effect, but includes this sort of space-y dreamy Japanese element to it all. Whereas No Birds is tied to the land and solid in the way most prairie bands are, the members of 4 bonjour's parties have their heads in the clouds. In a good way. And boy would I ever love to see this band live. A seven piece, the musicians switch instruments mid-song in order to create their soundscapes and have been likened to those sliding puzzles that annoyed you every Christmas morning when you inexplicably found one in the toe of your stocking. What an amazing visual spectacle that would be. Anyway, the music itself is enough for now and maybe if the band gets big enough they'll come visit. - Vue Weekly |
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