HOUSE IN THE TALL GRASS

KIKAGAKU MOYO just announced they were breaking up the band last month after a ten year run. A five piece out of Japan they released five studio albums and two Eps. This one from 2016 is right in the middle, album number three and the one that most represents their sound. I don't use words like wonderful, delightful or lovely in real life unless sarcastically so I don't use them in my reviews but man these words fit this album. A lot of acoustic guitar, sitar and soft vocals. I usually would stay away from an album described this way but you have to hear this. Check out any one of these three tracks "Green Sugar", "Silver Owl" or "Trad" my top three and the longest ones on the album as well.

Their name means Geometric Patterns which they all seemed to get when they closed their eyes after jamming from midnight to 6am and collapsing in exhaustion. These guys are serious musicians in fact the sitar player moved to India for a while to learn his craft. I love this quote "Our Psychedelic doesn't come from the hippy scene, it's in nature, it's in the chants you hear at the temple, watching people board the train every day? That's psychedelic." I would love the hang out with these five long hairs in fact I just got some Tangerine Dream weed I would love to share with you guys down on the beach here in Canada. They really seem like a great group of guys with so many pictures of them smiling and having a good time.

While the music is fairly mellow and trippy we do get some power here and there with distorted guitars. No keyboards but the guitars create atmosphere at times. I wished I'd picked up more of their music, they just released their final studio album this year barring a come back down the road. Damo's is the only other review on here of their first release in 2013 an EP that the band says was more like a demo. They had been gigging with Americans MOON DUO at the time who told them they needed to record something other wise they are going to go no where so they did. This band has toured the World and has sold some albums accomplishing all they set out to do and more. Congrats guys!