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Rating: When it comes to Japanese bands, the collective imagination (almost) immediately makes us think of those J-Rock and J-Pop groups that seem straight out of some manga or anime. Lots of glitter, improbable looks and hairstyles, and music taken to the extremes of every genre and sung in Japanese.
In reality, the Land of the Rising Sun has always been an active forge of experimental music and sound avant-gardes, and the proposal of Toe is no exception.
"For Long Tomorrow" is a dreamlike and captivating album, balancing between post-rock, progressive, and mathcore scenarios, without shying away from more than a few references to Jazz.
Synths, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, percussion, and drums intertwine with harmony and ease in a predominantly instrumental album (with the exception of a few tracks sung by a female voice in Japanese) that seems to be in constant motion.
An album like this speaks for itself and there's no need to add more in this short review, except for a warm invitation to listen to this excellent work, a breath of fresh air in a genre that is all too often at risk of repeating its own clichés.
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