¡Tourist
¡Helsinki Lambda Club
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[Machine Translation] Helsinki Lambda Club's "Tourist" I personally feel that Helsinki Lambda Club has been struggling in recent years. Their activities this year have been energetic, with the release of a single, a one-man tour, and appearances at numerous circuit events, but it is also true that their activities have not expanded significantly. Anyway, I put their mini-album "Tourist," released in December, into my player. The friendly pop-ness of frontman Kaoru Hashimoto's hook-filled melodies and the lightly bouncing band ensemble is not at all diminished in this album. The spicy lyrics, which leave a tug on the listener's heart like a small fish bone caught in the throat, are also still there. In addition, the band's new and expressive groove, such as the sharpness of the multi-layered harmonies in the first track "Marie's Dress" and the soulful groove with a gorgeous horn section in the second track "PIZZASHAKE," are all new to the band. PIZZASHAKE", a soulful groove with a glamorous horn section, and so on. It is, therefore, an ideal mini-album that shows off the band's strengths in a variety of colorful ways. There is not a single bad song in the band's discography, and all seven songs on this album are good. Perhaps the consistent quality of the songs may have made it difficult to understand the band's strengths. The band's high average makes it difficult to understand what their outstanding points are. However, it would be a mistake to be so worried about this. Think, for example, of the alternative and lo-fi bands of the 1990s that are at the core of their music: Guided by Voices, Superchunk, Sloan, and so on. None of these bands had hits that would go down in the annals of capitalized pop history, but they have earned the unwavering respect of both old and new generations of listeners on the indie scene for the good songs they have spun throughout their long careers. Perhaps Helsinki Lambda Club is such a band. If so, there is nothing to hesitate about, and for these young guys, they are wasting no time. Making good sound recordings and playing good shows. These things may seem obvious, but it is never easy to keep doing them, and I hope that the three of them will be able to do so without hesitation. And it is not a bad idea to be optimistic about the future that awaits them. He
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