"The conclusion of Ghostless is bleak, yet melodious; with the guitar sounding very raw and bare over a sorrowful piano theme, growing darker as it goes on, until the song fades away with a final strum of the guitar. In all, ‘Last Words’ is a great ending to Ghostless, and exemplifies the band’s trademark sound of ‘beautiful melancholy’."
Takes me back to my high school classroom during the days of binging Inio Asano's old manga scanlations before anything was licensed. At that time, I was discovering many kinds of Asian shoegaze, but I've never heard anything like this. Makes me think of Pasteboard, Supecar, and Midnight Pingpong a bit, and it's funny bc the first two I listen have blue album covers too. Lu
From L.A. comes the latest from post-rock outfit bondo, with tendrils of spindly guitar snaking through arid percussion. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 4, 2023