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2/19/25.

Thanks to Bandcamp user Mawkish Twaddler for buying this. I can't overemphasize how much I follow what other Bandcamp users buy.

Menow are a Nagoya, Japan two person band who describe themselves as slowcore/acid folk. I'm particularly drawn to the synth work and melodies. This is a cassette release on Japanese label Galaxy Train. I was surprised to see that this is the first post mentioning this label. Galaxy Train have also released work from Tony Jay, The Memories and Christmas Snow Story (ex-Camera Obscura). I've been thoroughly enjoying the Apartment Star 7" from 2000. Galaxy Train appears to have been around since the late 1990s.

I've been spending this morning listening to many different sounds from the label. So great to uncover a gem like Galaxy Train on Bandcamp. Feels like I've struck a bountiful indie pop vein.

Back to Menow. Their sound recalls bands like Maple Fyshh, Hallelujahs and Nagisi Di Te.

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to my delight, this was shared online within a compilation mix through fill in the blanks along with another track from dokitto!! station, lifting reveries of summertime simplicity to whistling gale.

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Excellent experimental dream pop

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1/1/25.

I've never done a top 10 list, and I didn't intend to this year. Really, I just wanted to remind people how amazing the Charlie Ivan Band LP is. A top 10 list seemed to be the ideal way to accomplish this task. I wanted only to review 2024 on this blog - not necessarily just 2024 releases. I decided the actual top number would be whatever I came up with after looking over every post of 2024. I actually assumed it would be more than 10, but my fairly cursory review led me to exactly 10, so I'm sticking with the first run through.

You can review the year by clicking "ARCHIVE" on the left. Here we go:

10. Love Banana 7". "Get In" sucked me in with its Clean-like sound.

9. theCatherines "If I Had Known Then". "Minigolf" might be the sweetest childhood song I've ever heard.

8. fantasy of a broken heart "Feats of Engineering". I immediately thought of Frog, but what kept me coming back was all the unexpected musical directions with still great melodies.

7. Maple Fyshh, "You Are Leaving My Mind: The "Mariko" and "Dokitto Station!!" Era". Sometimes surfy, always poppy. I spent November listening to this over and over.

6. Balloon "Gas 'n' Air". There's definitely a bit of recency bias here, but "Hooligan" and "There Is Love" are really two of my favorite songs of the year.

5. Mekons "Fear and Whiskey". Any band that simultaneously can make me think of The Pogues and The Go-Betweens moves to the front of the class. I can't believe I waited this long in life to give into the magic of Mekons.

4. BMX Bandits "Dreamers On The Run". I bought two BMX Bandits LPs this year, but "Dreamers On The Run" gets the nod as the 2024 release. "Setting Sun" is just amazing. "Bee Stings" was also reissued in 2024.

3. Beachwood Sparks "Across The River Of Stars". Probably my most listened to LP from the 2024 posts. "Torn In Two" is beautiful as are many songs off this album. I also saw them play at The Great American Music Hall.

2. Charlie Ivan Band "Where The Dogs Go To Die". This one just won't let go. I can't help but think of fellow Aussie Michael Beach, but there are just so many good songs here. "Sky's Bleeding" into "I'll Take You Down" was my favorite one-two punch of the year.

1.cpnpc "XLEP". One of the vehicles for the work of Cas Halliwell, cpnpc's "XLEP" has at least 5 songs that bear repeated listenings and my full attention: "Two Soldiers", "Allison", "Pissing Into Water" and "Erased?" and "Wars". That's just amazing to me.

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2/22/25.

Holy cow. Where has this band been? Nag Ar Juna are (were) a Japanese oddball/jangle/pop band. This was released in 2013 by the Tokyo label de.te.ri.o.ra.tion. The label's last release was 2019.

Nag Ar Juna move between pop sounds reminiscent of early Pastels, Bronze Float (listen to that guitar), The Clean or The Velvet Underground (some of these songs have that Mo Tucker chug). There are several releases on the label from this band. Really, take some time to go through them all. I've been listening most to "How Many Friends Can Die Happily?", but "doqu" has more vocal interplay (male and female). There's a definite Georgia Hubley vibe on the 2nd song, "Sasage".

Of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention Maple Fyshh. Nag Ar Juna must have listened to them while growing up. But, I hope it always goes without saying...Nag Ar Juna have crafted a sound all their own. Fantastic.

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released by yuichiro nakada on his own label, date unknown.

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zine with which maple fyshh’s こちら大日本ヒンシュク研究所 was released, 1995.

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Maple Fyshh

君​が​ど​ん​ど​ん​離​れ​て​行​く​

You are Leaving My Mind

君​が​ど​ん​ど​ん​離​れ​て​行​く​

（​リ​プ​ラ​イ​ズ​）

You are Leaving My Mind

Reprise

丘​の​上​の​Sha​-​La​-​La​（​丘​の​上​で ~ Sha​-​La​-​La ~ 夜​明​け​の​詩​）

​Sha​-​La​-​La on the Hill (A Dawn Poem​)

青​い​海​へ​と​消​え​た​恋​（​海​岸​ど​お​り​で​も​う​い​ち​ど​）

Love Gone to the Blue Sea (Once Again on the Seaside Path​)​

Twistar Sister Pylot (Twinkle Star Patrol)

君​が​ど​ん​ど​ん​離​れ​て​行​く You Are Leaving My Mind

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