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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 band has a strange name. It sounds like two random words and a number stuck together, and makes no sense at all. There are a whopping seven people in the group, which hails from Tokyo and is struggling since it's neither J-pop nor J-rock. They have their instrumental sounds perfectly in place, using a multitude of instruments to craft some mellow-paced indie pop. Everyone seems to play everything, including flute, accordian, piano, vibraphone, trombone, and cello, as well as a glocken (a hammer dulcimer instrument). The singing is soft and mostly female - although there's a dude who lends his mellow vocals as well. You can't go wrong with this nice, relaxing album and it's long, drifting songs. - Giant Robot |
1XLP/Out Of Print