7/25/25.
When I think of great albums featuring horns, I often think of The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's", Arthur Russell's "Tower of Meaning", or, believe it or not, David Byrne's "Music For the Knee Plays". The lead track off of this 7" from two Japanese bands - cornets and yumbo - "nagareru" (ながれる) is absolutely gorgeous and has a memorable and beautiful french horn.
yumbo (Sendai, Japan) is yet another in a long line of gorgeous, subtle, Japanese pop bands. We first posted about them back in 2021; a wonderful 2 LP compilation released on Morr Music.
Here, there are just two songs (but a couple extras , but I can't get either out of my head. And unlike The Caraway single from the blue-very label, the shipping prices from Genjitsu Records are quite reasonable.