If Melt Banana and The Aprils had sex at a carnival, Hosome might have been their bouncing baby beast. Given an overstuffed toy-box, some half-broken electronic gadgets and a metronome better suited from some sort of Lovecraftian ritual, that child would grow and produce this sort of childish yet intricate music.
Slathered in a thick layer of echo and reverberations, it's a bit tough to pick out any sharp outlines in Hosome's music, though that's probably for the best. There is so much going on in each short slip of a song that trying to focus only causes the listener to miss out on most of the track. The keyboards pump out a drunken carnival stomp, while the guitars swing along with the unpredictable drum lines. The dual male/female vocals also keep things swirling and spinning around as they interweave, calling back and forth to each other across the midway.
Another interesting aspect of the band (as if they need anything more) are their live shows. In a live setting, all of the haziness is stripped away and the band is a much more raw and powerful force. They play virtually non-stop, and the light-speed sonic barrage is overwhelming. Live, they transform from a swirling, art-rock technicolor, pop roller-coaster into a seething, math punk, blistering fury of sound. Hosome is the real deal.
"You Want To Be A HEN"
Official Site
MySpace
Members:
Hayato Nakajima - Vocals, Guitar
Shikiko Osawa - Vocals, Keyboards
Yoshifumi Kuwano - Bass
Ryohei Toda - Drums
Albums:
Jakamashi Jazz - 2009/09/09
New Fascio - 2007/12/12
"Venetian Acrobat Son"
"Nihilistic Country"
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Live
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1 comment:
pretty good i have to say
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