Kishi Bashi - 151a - White Color Vinyl
Kishi Bashi's 151a is the album that announced Kaoru Ishibashi as one of indie music's most inventive and joyful artists — a debut built on looped violin, layered harmonies, and an irrepressible melodic sensibility that turns every track into a miniature symphony. Released in 2012 on Joyful Noise, it channels the exuberance of early Sufjan Stevens and the textural ambition of Andrew Bird into something entirely its own.
"Bright Whites" opens with a burst of looped strings and wordless vocals that builds into a euphoric, cascading pop song unlike anything else in indie music. "Manchester" delivers an anthemic chorus worthy of a stadium, "I Am the Antichrist to You" strips everything back to devastating intimacy, and "It All Began with a Burst" shimmers with orchestral beauty. Pressed on white vinyl on Joyful Noise — the ideal format for an album this luminous.
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Bright Whites
3. Manchester
4. It All Began with a Burst
5. Atticus, in the Desert
6. Wonder Woman, Wonder Me
7. Beat the Dead Horse
8. Chester's Burst over the Hamptons
9. Philosophize In It! Chemicalize with It!
10. I Am the Antichrist to You
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Kishi Bashi - 151a - White Color Vinyl
