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.

Tracklist 01. Magpie Will Peck A Hole In My Plaster Cast 02. Satellite 03. Ruins 04. Your Chill Long Hands 05. Il Cortile Grigio 06. Ksana 07. Amalthea 08. Nostalgic Was Broken To Pieces 09. Otogima Horse 10. Crimson Sky After The Sunset

Release Details Release Date: 12/04/2007   Running Time: 61:49   Download/Available/$7.00 1XLP/Out Of Print CD/Available/$10.00 Territory: World Excluding Japan

Reviews Summary

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

Reviews

All Music Guide / Babysue / BiBaBiDi / Boomkat / CJAM / Crashin' In / Fast Forward Weekly / Forest Gospel / Getecho / Giant Robot / INDE-ssence / Japan Live / Japonchi / KZSU / Last.fm / Organ / PopMatters / Remix / Resonance / Slug / Soundslike / Strange Glue Music / Textura / The Needle Drop / Tiny Mix Tapes / Vue Weekly / XLR8R /

An eclectic and mind boggling array of instruments float behind what can only be described as one hell of a pleasant trip in this expansive Japanese import. With Pigments Drift Down to the Brook, 4 Bonjour's Parties has delivered an incredible debut: unique vocals (sung both in English and Japanese) complement everything from stellar electronics to even the most obscure of wind instruments. The final product provides an amazingly varied aural experience that still manages to maintain a cohesive full-album feel. Not once did anything sound abrasive or out of place, which only contributed to an already incredible and pleasing listen. There is nothing quite like this on the market today, and with a debut album of this caliber, these folks are not likely to disappear from the radar anytime soon. -Slug