{"product_id":"4560283215417","title":"KUMACHAN SEAL – KUMACHAN SEAL - LP •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: 4560283215417 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: EM RECORDS \u003cbr\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: June 23, 2023\u003cbr\u003eIn stock items ship within 48 hours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKumachan Seal: solo project of Japanese vocalist\/keyboardist\/songwriter Sairi Ojima, who has been playing in numerous indie bands, including Neco Nemuru, since her teens. She began her solo career in 2013, and released her first cassette in 2017. This EM Records release is her first CD\/LP album, with all compositions by Ojima, who co-produced the album. Each of the eleven songs reveals beguiling layers of detailed and surprising sounds, with Ojima’s DIY sonic core embroidered by vibrant and colorful beats and guitar from EM artist Le Makeup and the quintessential ambient-pop synths and keyboards of fellow EM-er Takao. Le Makeup mixed ten of the eleven songs, with Takao mixing “China Sandwich”. The heart of Ojima’s musical identity is her clear, aqueous voice; apart from one instrumental, all the tracks here feature that mellifluous voice, but in an interesting twist, only half the songs have lyrics, with the remainder employing her wordless voice as melodic and textural elements. Although Kumachan Seal can be heard as a sort of bedroom pop filtered through ambient music and the new-age revival, listeners will note that the final two songs, “Atsumono” and “Tiny Cell”, are respectively a slightly skewed four-on-the-floor track and a lightly skanking Doo-wop-flavored confection, slightly reminiscent of the UK’s Brenda Ray.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA1\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e食む（Hamu）Graze\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2:44\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA2\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e狼の庭（Ōkami no niwa）Trap for Catching Wolf\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e3:11\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA3\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eラドナミン Radonamin\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e5:26\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA4\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eペディキュア（Pedikyua）Pedicure\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e3:04\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA5\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCHINA珊都異知（Chaina-sandoicchi）China Sandwich\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e3:21\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB1\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e晩夏 (Banka）Late Summer\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e4:26\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB2\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e芦毛の馬 （Ashige no uma）Dapple Gray Horse\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e3:45\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB3\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e生牡蠣 (Namagaki）Raw Oyster\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e4:36\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB4\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eカヌーで火を焚く (Kanu de hi wo taku）Build a Fire in a Canoe\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2:10\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB5\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e羹 (Atsumono）Soup\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e3:01\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eB6\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTinycell\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2:02\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EM RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":44440245764195,"sku":"4560283215417","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/2553\/7123\/files\/image_81b3590d-ec01-4dae-ae43-109b3d82599e.png?v=1785898929","url":"https:\/\/lunchboxrecords.com\/products\/4560283215417","provider":"Lunchbox Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}