Reiko Kudo - ちりをなめる [Licking Up Dust]
Hyotan Records, 2007
Reiko Kudo is the partner of Tori Kudo, and is an occasional singer/songwriter for his band, Maher Shalal Hash Baz. She released one album while fronting a band called, Noise, then started doing solo albums. This EP… man. Where to start.
This is an album that’s hard to write a review for. It’s equally haunting, irritating, and mind-bendingly beautiful. Sometimes all three at once. The rambling keyboard mixed with the harsh electric guitar mixed with Kudo’s haunting, fragile voice just shouldn’t work, but it does. And it does well.
Review by Luke
Track Listing:
- Faraway Mountains (3:27)
- Chestnut (2:27)
- Summer Flowers (2:48)
- Don’t Fall Asleep (4:38)
- Butterfly (3:09)
- Biwa (Loquat) (2:44)
- Snow Mountain (3:19)
