Kodama

Rock · 2016 · 6 tracks · 42m

Kodama

A lush collision of Japanese folklore and heavy shoegaze. Shimmering melodies battle jagged riffs in a forest of reverb and tribal percussion.

It's like wandering through a haunted Japanese forest while a wall of beautiful noise crashes over you.

A spiritual and percussive journey through the tension between the natural world and human encroachment.

Kodama · vs · Alcest

Haunting+1.8σ

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

Tracklist · 6 Tracks · 42m

01

Kodama

9:07

02

Éclosion

8:55

03

Je suis d’ailleurs

7:20

04

Untouched

5:12

05

Oiseaux de proie

7:48

06

Onyx

3:52

Moments Worth Waiting For

The transition in the title track where the swirling shoegaze guitars suddenly lock into a driving, rhythmic groove.

The harrowing, high-pitched screams that pierce through the melodic haze halfway through Éclosion.

The final minutes of Onyx where the music dissolves into a dark, ambient hum of industrial textures.

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