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The newest edition of my weekly Japanese Music Listening List is out!
Featuring reviews of:
罅 (hibi)
降之鳥 (kotonori)
前髪ぱっつん少年
miida
nagareyama righteye
タナトス (Thanatos)
宇宙ネコ子 (Uchu Nekoko)
ヨツドメノディ (Yostudome Noddy)
夕鳴 (yuunari)
・nagareyama righteye『all quiet in the nagareyama city』(2026)
https://t.co/UHclPWj9zq
[Vocal]
音街ウナSV (Otomachi Una SV) for M2,3,5,7-9
花隈千冬 (Hanakuma Chifuyu) for M4,6
[Cover Art]
め太郎(https://t.co/qyl9OJ63D2)
・nagareyama righteye『all quiet in the nagareyama city』(2026)
https://t.co/hxHb6k2BhN
現行ミクオルタナの雄・nagareyama righteyeさんの新作、サブスクにも来てた。晩夏の夕方の夕闇に青の日々が溶けていくサイダーポップ「湘南新宿」、渋谷系x下北感満載かつ、モロART-SCHOOL x NUMBER GIRL x Cymbalsな「sunday drivers'rental getaway」が特に素晴らしかった。
【新入荷】
nagareyama righteye - all quiet in the nagareyema city
合成音声 × 宅録オルタナ / シューゲイズ・プロジェクト 2ndアルバム。ドラマチックな救済や破滅、単純なカタルシスの否定。ただ静かに見つめる本当のこと。CDボートラ収録!
https://t.co/Rwd7yo2aAr
【新入荷】
nagareyama righteye - all quiet in the nagareyema city
合成音声 × 宅録オルタナ / シューゲイズ・プロジェクト 2ndアルバム。ドラマチックな救済や破滅、単純なカタルシスの否定。ただ静かに見つめる本当のこと。CDボートラ収録!
https://t.co/Rwd7yo2aAr
Every month in time for Bandcamp Friday we curate a list of recently released albums that deserve your listen and support! Check out new releases from @universe_nekoko, @nmigime, @shi_phy_, aus, @64controll, @koeosaeme, and more!
I’ve only been a fan of nagareyama righteye for about a year now but wow what a year it’s been! Early in 2025 they released an album, then an EP in late 2025 that I really enjoyed, and now we’re treated to their newest album, "all quiet in the nagareyama city”!
Let me begin with a quick discussion about the opening song “quiet”. It has this percussion heavy, shoegazey abstract 80s quality to it that made me feel like I was about to be in for a vocaloid laced album that would pay homage to Tears for Tears, Phil Collins, and Enigma…..
Unfortunately that wasn’t the case, but I did want to mention it because I really loved that sound from nagareyama and I’d love to hear an actual album from them like this because they totally have the musical chops for it!
Now for the actual album itself: it’s great! It sounds like a total distillation of everything I loved about their last EP and upped the production. As before, the quality of the vocaloid chosen here is really astounding. When I first found out about this band I was convinced it was an actual person, and I still feel that way even with this new release. As there’s a ton of vocaloid products on the market I’m really happy they decided to go with this one (which I don’t know the name of, sorry).
I’m also really vibing with the instrumentals here as well. I suppose I wasn’t too far off with my initial impression from the intro song as many here feel like they could easily have hit the Billboard rock charts in the 90s. The fourth song “湘南新宿” almost sounds like a U2 release from this period on top of exhibiting other shoegaze and soft rock elements of the time. Still though, the songs have modernized Jrock compositions at times which contrasts nicely against the 90s throwback sound that is interspersed as well. These two sides are actually balanced very well and make for an album that has a surprise around every corner. While this is already a fairly short album at 29 minutes in length, I never felt like any of it got stale or went on too long.
All that to say, I think this is a great release from nagareyama and I’m happy to hear a band evolve and develop their sound on a subsequent release as always. I’d still love to have that late 80s throwback album I mentioned, but I’m happy enough as it is with an album like this!