Japancakes - The Sleepy Strange va as a brilliant statement endemic

as a brilliant statement endemic of a natural partership between two separately-evolved and vital musical entities that never feels forced

whose lovingly stroked guitar chords echo and shimmer

and Paul Oldham (Palace/Bonnie Prince Billy/Anomoanon) behind the mixing board

Carroll never totally relinquished the surf scene

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Japancakes - The Sleepy Strange va as a brilliant statement endemicBuilding on the accessible experimentation on If I Could See Dallas and the Down the Elements EP, Japancakes' aptly named second album, The Sleepy Strange, is both dreamy and earthy, complex and immediate, and challenging and soothing. Though their modus operandi repeating melodic phrases for hours at a time to highlight the subtle shifts in tone and rhythm remains the same, The Sleepy Strange is the band's most cohesive work to date, yet it keeps all