Ichiko Aoba
Windswept Adan
Release Date: Dec 3, 2021
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Record label: Ba Da Bing Records
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Album Review: Windswept Adan by Ichiko Aoba
Excellent, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8.0/10
Ichiko Aoba's greatest strength is her ability to create pockets of intimacy. The Japanese singer-songwriter's breathy vocals and placid guitar playing, often the only sounds you'd hear on her records, create a hypnotizing shroud that makes you feel like she's performing for you alone. Aoba has been building a following in Japan since her 2010 debut Kamisori Otome--released when she was only 19 years old--but 2018's qp was Aoba's first small breakthrough; it connected her with listeners abroad and cracked Rate Your Music's top rated albums of the year.
Based on rating 3.9/5
Ichiko Aoba and the winds of change Today we will talk about Ichiko Aoba's new album Adan no Kaze, a.k.a. Windswept Adan. Okay. There is a lot to unpack here, whether for returning listeners excited and/or sceptical over her biggest change of sound in years (perhaps ever), or for a potentially equal number of people who had barely heard of her prior to this record.
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