Asobi SeksuGenre: Psychedelic / Trance / Pop
From: Brooklyn, United States
One of the last albums ever recorded at London’s renowned Olympic Studios (where The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Who have all recorded), ‘Acoustic At Olympic Studios’ finds Asobi Seksu stripped down to core duo—vocalist Yuki Chikudate and guitarist James Hanna to give listeners a fresh take on songs spanning the band’s career.
The album is a departure from the waves of shoegazy guitars that have flooded previous Asobi Seksu albums like a swollen river in Cumbria. If I hadn't seen the name on the album I wouldn't have guessed that it was Asobi Seksu. Their eyes are no longer glued firmly to their shoes, this is a band that have their heads held high looking to the stars. They've ditched their My Bloody Valentine wall of feathery noise for a simpler acoustic sound which proves the old adage that less really can be more, a sounds that pitches it's tent somewhere between The Sundays and Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins.
The songs included on ‘Acoustic At Olympic Studios’ re-imagine the texturized dream-pop of the band’s three previous full-lengths, February’s Hush, Citrus (2006) and Asobi Seksu (2004). In addition, the album features tracks previously only available as B-sides and a sublime cover of Hope Sandoval’s (Mazzy Star) Suzanne. Stand out track for the Devil is the albums final track Thursday which is a witches brew of REM's Everybody Hurts, anything off Rabbit Fur Jacket and Je T'aime. Brave. But it works. Just. It could make a Vulcan cry and it's certainly had my tear ducts working overtime.
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MP3 - Asobi Seksu - Urusai Tori
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Thursday (Original)
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