Shugo Tokumaru’s instrumental and melodic dexterity can be dizzying, his pop amalgamations thorough and creative, though on “Linne” — a single from his Port Entropy LP — he reins in trickery in favor of a feeling. My Japanese isn’t what it used to be, so on first listen the specific intention of “Linne”’s lyrical incantations [...]
Stereogum — Shugo Tokumaru’s instrumental and melodic dexterity can be dizzying, his pop amalgamations thorough and creative, though on “Linne” — a single from his Port Entro... more info