I discovered these kids from the opening they did for AnoHana, and I think that’s how most fans know them. Kamisama no Iu Toori and COSMOS vs ALIEN will definitely remain playlist favorites.
And I find her solo material really exploits the different sides of her voice and shows it off at its best. What really attracted me to her, however, is her voice – its soft, whispery timbre runs the span from whimsical to plain cute to coy and sexy with ease. However, once frontwoman Yakushimaru Etsuko started putting out solo material, that was a different story. Their music was nice, but never really stuck with me (perhaps the fact I am far less fluent in Japanese has something to do with it). As for me, I’ll be humming the refrain from Identity well into the new year, for sure…Īfter hearing j1m0ne speak so highly of Soutaiseiriron, I tried several times to get into them. No wonder Galileo Galilei frontman Ozaki Yuuki is a fan of them. To me, they’re like the less zany version of POLYSICS, or the more exciting counterpart to school food punishment. Their songs are a ridiculously fun, high energy blend of alternative rock and electropop. Then I listened to their 2011 album, DocumentaLy, and I was immediately hooked. I kept hearing their name thrown around on J-Pop review blogs and looked up a few songs, and I really didn’t get the hype. That said, without further ado, I present my New Year’s Countdown…įive Artists I Fell Madly in Love With in 2012 I explore music rather randomly, so some what I liked best this year did not actually come out this year.
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