DAILY LIFE - NECESSARY AND PATHETIC (LOAD 131)

JUST WHEN I GET OUT THEY PULL ME BACK IN! I THOUGHT KITES WERE BEHIND ME BUT AS SOON AS THAT PROJECT DIES HE IS REBORN AS DAILY LIFE. TO BE FAIR THIS IS A BAND WITH SOMEONE CALLED SAKIKO (NO BIO AVAILABLE) SO I AM HITTING THE MENTAL RESET BUTTON AND TAKING THIS AS SOMETHING *NEW*.

I GUESS THE STYLE IS MINIMAL WAVE? COLD DISTANT SYNTHS AND RHYTHMS THAT SEEM LIKE BASIC PROGRAMS OF EARLY ORGANS AND RHYTHM MACHINES. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS BECAUSE I AM SURPRISED OR WHETHER THIS IS ON MERIT BUT I QUITE LIKE THIS MINI-ALBUM. IT FOCUSES AROUND A SMALLER NEXUS OF SOUND AND USES POP-ISH PARAMETERS TO CHANNEL ENERGY. 'HALL OF MIRRORS' AND 'ROGUE FATE' HAVE GORGEOUS AND IDIOSYNCRATIC TONES. I AM WARMING TO THIS GREATLY!

THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PICTURES OF DAILY LIFE ONLINE. THIS IS THE BEST I CAN DO. ANYWAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM DOING THIS BUT THE DUDE FROM KITES WHO MADE TWO OF THE WORST RECORDS I HEARD IN QUITE A WHILE TURNS OUT TO BE A VERY GOOD PART OF A VERY INTERESTING POP-ADJACENT RECORD. IF YOU LIKE COLD CAVE OR YOU WISH JUNIOR BOYS HAD A WEIRDER SUPPORT BAND, DAILY LIFE ARE FOR YOU.

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