can characterize the sound of For Tracy Hyde Dream pop at first sight, cinematic and breathtaking, seamlessly blending influences from Shibuya-kei to shoegaze to grunge. But there’s something more difficult to describe at the heart of Tokyo’s young band. Azusa Suga (aka Natsubot) serves as the band’s primary lyricist, lyricist, and guitarist, and his history colors the group’s latest record. Hotel InsomniaSuga grew up in America, and the specter of American suburbs remains like a mirage in the background of the record.previous album esanity, new young cityWhen his art It sparkled with nostalgia, but the 90s collage Hotel Insomnia I feel more connected to the past than ever before.
Beyond writing and producing numerous contemporary Japanese shoegazers, from RAY, Dots, AprilBlue, and even pop artists like Shiori Niiyama, Suga’s hitmaking process has been a dense and captivating decade under For Tracy Hyde. I have created music. The band has a reputation for twee jungle pop, Hotel Insomnia It leans more towards the grunge roughness of bands like catherine wheel Also chapter house than gauze the pain of being pure of heartThese effects result in a heavier, more opaque sound. get onMark Gardener who mastered the album.and in between Hotel Insomnia The dense and frenzied Wall of Sound is a gaping space left unspoken. Letters never intersect at the right time. “Subway Station Revelation” breathes her yearning against the backdrop of an evocative, ephemeral subway station, while the love interest at the heart of “Lungs” is defined by her obscurity. From the whimsical whimsy of ‘Natalie’ to the tremendous ‘Lungs’ and ‘Mouth’, Hotel Insomnia There is a restless longing, a strange feeling like a beating in the chest.
Always nearly an hour long, Tracy Hyde’s ambitious albums tend to drift away in the third act. Here, the band’s focus lies between “Friends,” whose melody is sweet but fanciful and formulaic, and “House of Mirrors,” with its discordant rap section that marks it as the album’s strangest experiment. You can untie it with Eureka’s coveted perky vocals, who joined the group in 2015, bring tracks like “Estuary” to life, but her delivery is “The First Time (Is the First Time (Is the last time).” But the record’s ending comes round and round: “Milkshake” and “Subway Station Revelation” are among the best tracks of For Tracy Hyde’s career, standing out in modern shoegaze.
For Tracy Hyde’s other releases were gorgeous concept records with cinematic stories.otherworldly new young city Beginning with the jingle of a retro movie company, his artThe cover of is structured like a charming movie poster. After his decade of these stories, however, Natsubot grew tired of the band’s usual ways and decided to “make playlists, not stories” instead. Hotel InsomniaBut there’s no less effort than For Tracy Hyde’s magic. Each song exists in its own world, distinct and distinct in both image and sound. These trucks roam the confines of hotel corridors as Natsubot seeks out worlds that no longer exist. The sound is like a dream, Hotel Insomnia Feeling clean and fresh.