Blog: Kid Vinyl

Asobi-Seksu- Live at Olympia Studios Release date: 16.11.09 Label: One Little Indian NY based dream-pop merchants, dust off some of their back catalogue for this acoustic based, revisionist album recorded at legendary London studios. In the sparsity of the arrangements, Yuki Chikudate's delicate vocals lead over acoustic guitars, toy pianos, and glockenspiels. Opener ‘Breathe Into Glass' begins with Cocteau Twins esque dual-vocal lines and magical, escapist imagery of flickering fires, aligning stars and child-like apprehension. ‘Walk on the Moon' is a gentle, meandering diversion, but the highlights come later [...]