Hello again. I wanted to share a couple of albums that I have been listening to on repeat lately. I love music. It is a big part of my life. I also love rambling on about things all day. Usually I talk to myself or I write little journal entries but I'm gonna take that energy and just use it for this post. Any who
Kero Kero Bonito - Intro Bonito
I like Kero Kero Bonito a lot. I like Sarah Bonito and the gang. She's pretty attractive, has a nice singing voice, and leads a pretty good band. This is their first album as far as I am aware. It's pretty good to me but I don't think most people would like it. I don't mind most of the songs on here but there is only really a handful that I have been going back to and listening to a lot. Those songs would be Cat VS. Dog - English Version, Sick Beat, Pocket Crocodile, and I'd Rather Sleep. I like Cat VS. Dog even though it's just her talking about how much she wants to kill dogs and beat them up. It's weird but she makes it right? I dunno. I was pretty confused my first listen but I just kept on listening. Sick Beat is sick... I like it a lot. KKB is very good at producing tracks and I love how Sarah goes from Japanese to English. Pocket Crocodile sounds nice and mellow, very calming. I'd Rather Sleep is fun to listen to.
Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place
This is my favorite Kero Kero Bonito album and probably somewhere in the top 15 of my favorite albums if I were to rank them. It reminds me of early pandemic and how much I would listen to this album. Their production really shines and Sarah's vocals are spectacular. There's also a couple songs that I can't remember the names of right now but she does a little screamo. Not my cup of tea normally but I dig it lol. Favorite tracks off of this album have to be Outside, Time Today, Visiting Hours, and Rest Stop. I love all the songs, really. It's like a 10/10 album for me. I love the production, I love the vocals, I love everything about it. I love the memories I get from listening to it. The album just speaks to me bro. Like I've said a couple times now, the production is just so good. I don't even know what genre to call this? Pop? No idea. It's just good. This album was released in 2018 and the group's next and latest album released in 2021. It's called Civilisation and that album is also spectacular. She can't miss!!!!! They can't miss!!!!
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Jubilee was my favorite album of 2021. Much like Time 'n' Place and most of the music I listen to, this album brings back some pretty great memories of when it came out and listening to it with people I cared about. I've been listening to A LOT of Japanese Breakfast and I haven't been put off by a single song I've heard from the group. I have listened to their entire discography on Spotify in one sitting and enjoyed it. They have a couple of covers of popular songs, most notably Nobody Sees Me Like You Do by Yoko Ono and Dreams by The Cranberries. The Yoko Ono cover is spectacular and makes me cry but I love the song a lot. This album though, I love it. Much like Time 'n' Place, I feel that to me, it is the perfect album. I love every single track on it. I love all of the tracks but my favorites would probably be Be Sweet, Kokomo IN, and Paprika. I wish the album was a little bit longer but it is great just the way it is and I hope for a new album soon. I love Michelle Zauner's vocals. She has a really nice voice and she just sounds great on Be Sweet. I find myself listening to this album in its entirety a couple times a month.
Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds from Another Planet
At this point I'm just listing my favorite albums with the exception of Intro Bonito. This album bro..... I love this album.... This album came out in 2017, before Jubilee. God damn bro. I fucking love this album. I don't really have much to say besides how much I love it and how much I can relate to some of the songs. Once again, Michelle Zauner kills it with the singing and the band/producer/whatever kills it too. It's just such a personal album, you know. I like the album cover even though it's very simple and basic. The album just sounds great. If you were to listen to any of these albums I would ask you to listen to this one first, or maybe you just want to listen to this one. I like the way she arranges her vocals and uses her voice as an instrument. Road Head, Machinist, Till Death, and Soft Sounds From Another Planet are my favorite picks but I really like every song. I also find myself listening to this album in it's entirety a couple times a month. I'm a big Japanese Breakfast fan and I hope to see them in person some day. I've only been to one concert. It was a Caroline Polachek concert. I went back in December and man I loved it. I wore earplugs because I was getting really paranoid about my tinnitus but the experience was still spectacular. A small Turkish band opened and it was great and then Oklou came on and played a set and it was magnificent dude. There's a couple videos online. Just look up Oklou set Terminal 5 or something. The bass was great. I'm a big fan of Oklou too. Caroline killed it as well. I loved it a lot. Good memories. Anyways, I hope to see Japanese Breakfast in person some day before I die. They have a lot of really nice live recordings on Spotify. I suggest you listen to their live recordings.
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