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CMU Approved
Approved: Asobi Seksu – Trials
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 16 November 2010
New York dream-pop duo Asobi Seksu have announced that they will release their fourth studio album, ‘Flourescence’, on 17 Feb – exactly two years (give or take a few days) after 2009’s ‘Hush’. As with that album, the arrival of the new long player is being announced with a track that sees that band playing at their very loudest. Though, while last time they went down the fast and shambolic route with ‘Me & Mary’, this time ‘Trials’ comes in a swirl of overlapping guitars.
As ever, as the guitars swirl and drums crash, everything is drawn together by the sweet voice of Yuki Chikudate. Though she does give it a bit more welly than usual, somehow reminding me of ‘The Only Way Is Up’ by Yazz. Maybe Yazz should have done a shoegaze album. Maybe I should stop talking about Yazz. This doesn’t sound like Yazz at all. Forget I said anything about Yazz.
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