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The latest full-length from Kishi Bashi, Kantos is a work of exquisite duality: a party album about the possible end of humanity as we know it, at turns deeply unsettling and sublimely joyful. In a sonic departure from the symphonic folk of his critically lauded 2019 LP Omoiyari - a career-defining body of work born from his intensive meditation on the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II - the Seattle-born singer/songwriter/producer’s fifth studio album encompasses everything from Brazilian jazz and ’70s funk to orchestral rock and city pop (a Japanese genre that peaked in the mid-’80s). Informed by an equally kaleidoscopic mix of inspirations - the cult-classic sci-fi novel series Hyperion Cantos, the writings of 18th century enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant, a revelatory trip to ancient ruins on the island of Crete - Kantos ultimately serves as an unbridled exaltation of the human spirit and all its wild complexities.  For fans of ELO, Shintaro Sakamoto, Vampire Weekend, Sufjan Stevens, Alex G, Mitski, Sylvan Esso, Steely Dan, of Montreal, Regina Spector, Fleet Foxes, Hot Chip, The Flaming Lips, Alex Cameron, Andrew Bird, Local Natives.

Kishi Bashi - Kantos - Released 23/08/24

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