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Chewing Cotton Wool
Pop · 2020 · 4 tracks · 13m

Chewing Cotton Wool

The Japanese House

Thirteen minutes of submerged, aquatic pop. A masterclass in using vocal processing to convey the hollow, hazy feeling of losing someone you still love.

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It sounds like crying in a very expensive, very warm bathtub.

A warm, aquatic sadness that feels like being submerged in a memory you can't escape.

Chewing Cotton Wool · vs · The Japanese House
Late Night+1.3σ

Late Night saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 13m
01
Sharing Beds
1:50
02
Something Has to Change
3:11
03
Dionne
4:45
04
Chewing Cotton Wool
3:29
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, crystalline clarity of the piano melody that pierces through the hazy synth wash in the opening track.
The way Justin Vernon's guest vocals on Dionne blend so seamlessly with Amber Bain's that they become a single, multi-tonal entity.
The crushing lyrical weight of the title track where the metaphor of chewing cotton wool perfectly captures the dry, suffocating nature of grief.
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