Polski opis

Gatunek :	Indie Rock / Shoegaze
Rok Wydania :	2006
Jakość :	VBR ~211 kbps JointStereo
Okładki :	Nie
Ripper :	iTS

Opis:
Asobi Seksu to ekipa z Nowego Jorku, która na swym drugim albumie częstuje nas głównie efektownym shoegazem. Ale nie tylko. Innymi muzycznymi punktami odniesienia mogą być tu zarówno indie z pod znaku Broken Social Scene, jak i przy fragmentach lżejszych brzmieniowo dream-pop.

Najbardziej wystrzczałowe momenty na Citrusie to bez wątpienia sekwencja otwierająca z energetycznym hitem (yeah that's a hit!) "New Years" i urzekającym ślicznymi harmoniami "Thursday". Przyjemnie wypada też ponad siedmiominutowy "Red Sea", który najpierw nieśmiało wyłania się zza ambientowej mgiełki, by na końcu skryć się gdzieś za MBV-ową warstwą gitar i talerzy, którą nazwałbym "dream-rockiem". Generalnie cały krążek prezentuje równy, na moje oko szóstkowy poziom. Oprócz wspomnianych wcześniej liderów podobają mi się też "Lions And Tigers" i "Nefi + Girly" gdzie na wydobywane z wioseł, klawiszy, i różnorakich dzwonków – rozlane dodatkowo pogłosem – słodko-kwaśne melodyjki, nałożono elegancko emo-uroczy głos japonki Yuki Chikudate. Najmniej ruszają: może trochę trywialne "Goodbye" i "Exotic Animal Paradise" czy posiadający pewne cechy wypełniacza closer "Mizu Asobi". Nie żeby jakoś wyjątkowo odstawały, ale zawsze warto odnotować. Także taaak…

Żródło: porcys.com

 English description

Genre :	Indie Rock / Shoegaze
Year :	2006
Quality :	VBR ~211 kbps JointStereo
Covers :	No
Ripper :	iTS

Description:
Contrary to what you may see written about them, Asobi Seksu aren't gazing at their shoes on their second album-- they're looking skyward the whole time. Yes, the guitar overload, massive reverb, and deceptively sweet vocals are all there, but this New York quartet is anything but a My Bloody Valentine retread.

Frontwoman Yuki Chikudate gives the band a charismatic focus, and her vocals range from a soulful croon to a delicate wisp. Whether she's singing in Japanese or English (she does both in about equal measure), she always keeps it catchy, and that squishing sound you hear when she sings "put your tongue up to my battery" on "Nefi+Girly" is indie boys melting across the country.

If the singer/keyboardist was the only member of the band who had anything going on, you wouldn't have much to work with, but guitarist James Hanna offers some great backing harmonies-- especially on the chorus of "Goodbye", with its twanging hook and subdued tone. The new rhythm section of drummer Mitch Spivak and bassist Haji moves things along with no fuss, no muss, which is all the better for Hanna to spill guitar guts all over the place. "Red Sea" is the most egregious instance of string abuse, as sparkling noise overwhelms the basic pop song it begins with like a humpback consuming krill.

Hanna switches to slide for "Strings", which favors space to density, at least for its first couple of minutes. Still, even when the crunch does come, the vibe is decidedly astral. It's one of many songs that drive home just how perfect Sean McCabe's cover art is: Yuki at the center of the swirl, bathed in bright colors, with big swaths of melody slathered liberally across the proceedings.

And that's about as good a description as you'll get of Citrus. This is electric music in every sense of the word-- amplified, processed, and imbued with a neon glow. Comparisons to shoegazers of yore have their uses, as they're clearly influences, but I'd class Asobi Seksu nearer to Mahogany as a band that takes those influences and spins them into something special and unique.

Source: pitchforkmedia.com