Artist: Japancakes Album: Belmondo Label: Darla Review date: Jun. 25, 2002 Whatever sentiment Japancakes were courting when they made their first album, it appears, in its most recent form, to have retained its magnitude but reversed directions. A number of important things have been said about the contrasting effects of happiness and unhappiness. The most relevant conjecture in this vein, when applied to Japancakes’s emotional trajectory and its artistic consequences, concerns accommodation and availability. An unhappy person, no matter his endowment, is preoccupied and is therefo… read more
Artist: Japancakes Album: Belmondo Label: Darla Review date: Jun. 25, 2002 Whatever sentiment Japancakes were courting when they made their first al… read more
Artist: Japancakes Album: Belmondo Label: Darla Review date: Jun. 25, 2002 Whatever sentiment Japancakes were courting when they made their first album, it appears, in its most recent f… read more
Japancakes formed in Athens, Georgia in 1996, and since then have garnered national and international attention for their unique and woozy brand of spaced-out instrumental music. The band has never been one to shy away from plumbing the depths nor scaling the upper ethers of melody and beauty. The creation of their singular soundscapes encompasses widely varied approaches: whether they employ a singing-sword pedal steel, a throaty cello, a sparkling wash of precision-aligned synthesizers, or even a well and wisely-placed moment of silence. Japancakes are intent on emerging from th… read more
Japancakes formed in Athens, Georgia in 1996, and since then have garnered national and international attention for their unique and woozy brand of spaced-out instrumental music. The band … read more
Japancakes formed in Athens, Georgia in 1996, and since then have garnered national and international attention for their unique and woozy brand of spaced-out instrumental music. The band has never been one to shy away from plumbing t… read more