Asobi Seksu: Hush

Perfectly lovely and forgettable Asobi Seksu’s melodies, time signatures and stylistic evolution tend to move slowly—even as things around them zip by. Since 2006 sophomore release Citrus, the band has again dropped its rhythm section and landed on a new label. But little has changed musically, aside from the subtraction of a few layers of guitar texture and the addition of some bubbly twee-pop dynamics. As before, Asobi constructs its music from deceptively sophisticated elements, and...

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