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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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| At just over an hour, Pigments Drift Down to the Brook sounds wise beyond its minutes. The first full-length offering of winning lethargy from Japanese septet 4 Bonjour’s Parties is an album to get lost in, one so airy and unhurried that a single track can feel like a whole day spent intentionally lost in the forest. Brass and woodwind and a chore wheel of other instruments lend a baroque quality to the affair, recalling the venerable Elephant 6 tradition minus the frenzy. All told, a little frenzy would be nice from time to time, as the middle of the record stalls for lack of tension. But when it works, as it does especially in “Ruins,” Pigments buzzes with a lovely and enviable placidity. - Resonance |
