Kurayamisaka – “Sekisei Inko”

It has been two and a half years since Tokyo’s Kurayamisaka released their debut mini-album Kimi Wo Omotte Iru and in that time, the buzz around them has grown pretty substantially, such that even international media like NME has taken notice. You might think that this attention would prompt them to make physical copies of […]

Kurayamisaka – “Farewell”

One of the buzzier new acts in the Japanese shoegaze/dreampop world has been Tokyo’s Kurayamisaka, who stormed onto the scene with their remarkably confident and evolved 2022 debut mini-alubm kimi wo omotte iru. Picking a standout track from the five and a half options is hard – opener “theme” is just a one-minute build-up, but […]