UZU
by Yamantaka // Sonic Titan

From buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/27/2018 21:08 | #206659

This is probably a slightly weird bias to have, but I tend to shy away from complicated collectives and partnerships and multi-artist compilations and such things, preferring more straightforward studio albums that are the singular vision of a single artist. As a result, I'm probably more likely than most to exclude artists with unusual names--unusual spellings of straightforward words, or bands with numbers in their name, or artist names with odd capitalization or punctuation. All this is to say, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan was a tough sell for me. But as operatic rock goes, this is way, way better than average, and it eventually won me over. The sound on Uzu is maybe a little hazy compared to their debut, but it's still some of the most creative, most culturally hybridized music out there.