If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Enno Kapitz / digitally altered by Kosuke Kawamur The latest song from Japanese noise legends Buffalo Daughter isn't subtle in its message. It's impossible not to know what "Global Warming Will Kill Us All" is about just based on the title. Aside from the message, the new single is actually pretty groovy. It's filled with tons of vocoder vocals, and sure, it's noisy. And weird. But the song has this great groove to it that is going to remind you a lot of the 90's, especially music released on Grand Royal. (Of course, Buffalo Daughter released their debut album on Grand Royal back in 1996, so it does make sense. suGar Yoshinaga of Buffalo Daughter explains the song's creation: "It was mid summer of 2018 (insanely hot summer when even mosquitoes were not around) when we gathered all those puzzles and pieces together to make them into songs for the album. This song is one of them, and with the impact from the extreme weather, we felt the cry...

Photo by Enno Kapitz / Digitally altered by Kosuke Kawamura Buffalo Daughter first came to most of our attention way back in 1996 when their debut album was released on Grand Royal Records, the Beastie Boys' label. The Japanese noise legends fell off my radar after that, but have been releasing music ever since. September sees their first album in seven years, and we can check out a single from the album. "ET (Densha)" is weird. It's a combination of post rock, indie rock, shoegaze, techno, prog rock, etc. There may be a little of everything here. It may not be for your top 40 loving office mate, but Buffalo Daughter keep it oddly accessible... for the most part... until it isn't... at all. "ET (Densha)" almost starts off as moody atmospheric music you could keep on in the background, but it's almost like the song knows that's what you're doing and slowly starts demanding more and more of your attention until it's literally screaming at y...