Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence

The signs in Chris Zane’s (Passion Pit, The Walkmen)
studio couldn’t have been any clearer: “Don’t
Overthink It.” Or as Asobi Seksu guitarist James
Hanna puts it, “This time, our agenda was to not have
one at all; to be mellow about the entire process
instead of obsessing over everything.”

Maybe mellow isn’t the right word, unless he’s
comparing ‘Fluorescence’, the band’s fourth proper full
length, to a coiled-up cobra - a temperamental type
that’s often one false move away from striking.

After all, ‘Coming Up’ sets the scene by plowing into
beehive-like synth lines and warp speed washes of
dream-pop that leave you wondering just what the
Hell is going on.

Things don’t let up on ‘Trails’ - catchy and chaotic to
the core, the sky-scraping song pays homage to the
pitch-perfect songwriting of the 60s by chartering a
yellow submarine to the moon.

Throughout ‘Fluorescence’, Asobi Seksu further refine
the bombastic but beautiful blend of hailstorm hooks
and fog-shrouded 4AD-isms they’ve spent the last
decade perfecting.

Available on digital download, digipack CD and limited
edition deluxe 180g gatefold pink coloured vinyl with
download code (1500 copies worldwide).    

Tracklisting:

1. Perfectly Crystal
2. Leave The Drummer Out There
3. Deep Weird Sleep
4. Coming Up
5. Trails
6. My Baby
7. In My Head
8. Sighs
9. Counterglow
10. Ocean
11. Trance Out
12. Pink Light

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