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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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| This Japanese septet have pulled off a considerable achievement with this impressively upscale debut album, boasting an expansive sound that remains tightly constructed, never flailing beyond song structure. Instrumentally, the group are suggestive of World's End Girlfriend or perhaps even Jaga Jazzist, but there's a far greater emphasis on song structure. 'Ruins' is especially successful in this respect, fusing together the chamber orchestra dynamics of the band with a pop savvy female vocal. Similarly, there's a grandeur to 'Your Chill Long Hands', with its Ondes Martenot-style keyboard sounds and drawn out woodwind passages that sits surprisingly well alongside the pep and sheer tunefulness of the band's approach to songwriting. Lovely. - Boomkat |
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