C19 gold-shell “I CRY” EP by KYŌGEN with J-card and download of all four tracks. Released October 15^th 2021. Run of 75. 4 left in stock.

A1 “I CRY”, A2 “Ocean Man”.

B1 “Loneliness Of Childhood”, B2 “Unblown Roses”.

Finding a middle ground between melancholy New Wave electro and Balearic bangers, garagey guitar adding backbone per older material, I CRY is the sound of dream-pop duo KYŌGEN expanding upon their signature sound, this solo debut for Cassette Week building on their International Cassette Store Day split back in 2019.

Kyoko Swan (equally of Manchester indie-rock band PINS) and producer/White Hotel DJ Dan Broomhall offer up skittering chimes and wheezy compressions that underpin a multi-tracked vocal on the wistful title-track, a flourish or steel-pan tropicalia and a comedown beat selection delivering a kind of forlorn euphoria. The emotional rollercoaster then switches up a gear, intricate pad-work and thick rave beats sucking all space from the claustrophobic mix, light FX on the vocal harking back to the 90s.

The tears flow once more on the flip, pining shoegaze first smothering intangible beginnings, cavernous bass tones emerging chrysalis-like to demand being pumped up loud. Disembodied chords finally introduce a lonely dub, a drizzle of dreamy guitar going stratospheric over its agoraphobic climax. Having reworked much of the material during lockdown, I CRY is understandably quite an introspective listen at times, pure release at others – the mood of the nation captured in effervescent emotion.

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