Ent - Welcome Stranger

Ent (ent) is the solo musical alias of Atsuhi Horie who hails from Nagasaki in the south of Japan. He came to Tokyo at 18 years old and shortly after started playing in local bands. Horie's main gig as frontman (on vocal/guitar/keyboard) of the US indie and BritPop influenced band Straightener has a devoted and somewhat large audience in Japan. However, Atsushi became attracted to Leftfield electronics and Post-rock several years ago and in 2006 he started to write songs that infused more of those genres' elements in an effort to make something more sentimental and deeply personal. Three years in the making this first album from Ent, ‘Welcome Stranger’ is a lush record of wide eyed and unapologetic left of center pop somewhere between The Album Leaf and The Postal Service. Atsushi has succeeded in crafting an album that utilizes his newer influences with the more traditional style of song-craft his band Straightener is known for. ‘Welcome Stranger’ also features remixes from Kettel (Sending Orbs), Near The Parenthesis (n5MD) and Helios (Type).

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