I can probably count the number of things I know about Japanese music on one hand. It’s not that I’ve dismissed Japanese music as a whole, but rather didn’t have much of a source for hearing about it. Fortunately, I stumbled across Make Believe Melodies which is a Tokyo-based blog that publishes news and music from Japan, primarily from lesser-known artists. Anyhow, this is one of the best tracks I’ve heard from the site and one of the best I’ve heard this year, period. It’s dream pop at it’s finest with gorgeous vocals that jump out from a nebulous melody. Hopefully we’ll see a full length from them in the coming months. By the way, if anyone can read Japanese and wants to translate the Soundcloud page for me, it’d be greatly appreciated. Maybe there’s already a full length out? Did I mention I don’t know much about Japanese music?

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