OOIOO
Nijimusi
Release Date: Jan 17, 2020
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: Thrill Jockey
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Album Review: Nijimusi by OOIOO
Excellent, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
It's been almost six years since Japanese sonic pathfinders OOIOO released their last record, and almost as long since the passing of the group's co-founder and guitarist Kyoko. The silence has been deafening. If it wasn't for a vinyl reissue of should-be-classic Gold & Green a few years back, there would be a serious vacuum in the musical landscape that can't really be filled by any other band. The adventurous musical unit have shifted their method of engagement and arrangement multiple times since their founding in the mid-'90s, but ….
Based on rating 7.7/10
Though YoshimiO is probably still best known as Yoshimi P-We, the longtime drummer for the avant-rock group Boredoms, it's time to stop calling OOIOO her side project. Eight albums into a discography that stretches over nearly a quarter century, the band she co-founded isn't just one among her ….
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