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Although the Japanese COLLAPSE make music for almost a decade now, this year's BLACK SHEEP IS STILL DREAMING is their long playing debut. I posted about their EP three years ago and I still think it's one of the best shoegaze stuff that comes from Asia.
"Whispering voices shimmering sweetly in the overwhelming roaring sea" - this is how the band introduce themselves and I couldn't find a better description of their music. The roaring and particularly noisy guitars fight against the whispering vocals of Shoko. I know that combining the very noisy music with extremely soothing and delicate female vocals is something the Asian shoegaze is known for, but I feel like COLLAPSE do that even more. In GARDEN, the complex noise in the backgrounds is suppressed by the airiness of the vocals but there are moments the guitars are unleashed, ready to wreck havoc. But they are no match for what's happening in SYRUP. This is the flag track of the noisy side of the band. The melancholic vibes provided by Shoko are only strengthened in tracks where they are accompanied by violins or uber sweet sounds of glockenspiel as in BIRTHLIGHT. They band's sound is very versatile while all the time aiming for the heavy melancholia kind of atmosphere.
BLACK SHEEP IS STILL DREAMING costs 18 EUR (¥2,500).
Check: SYRUP
Country: Japan
Genre: Asian shoegaze
Label: Only Feedback Records
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