Japanese-American shoegazers Asobi Seksu‘s final full-length album was 2011’s Fluorescence, but their final release of new music came in November of 2012, with a Record Store Day release. It was a 7″ split single with Japanese noise-rock gods Boris wherein each covered one of the other’s songs.
Appropriately, Asobi Seksu took “Farewell” from Boris’ 2005 release Pink and gave it a shimmering dreampop makeover, while Boris selected “New Year” from Asobi’s 2006 Citrus and instead of giving it a sludge-over, tweaked the title to “Neu Years” and leaned into its buoyant pop.
Here’s the a- and b-side from the single, as well as the original songs.