Only Up＜限定盤＞

黄金期PRIMAL SCREAMやHAPPY MONDAYS、CHAPTERHOUSE並の陶酔感!

カナダはトロント在住のプロデューサー兼アーティストのJOSH KORODY。BREEZE名義で動き出したプロジェクトは、ディスコとポストパンクとシューゲイザーを繋ぐ陶酔ミュージックだった!

カナダからマンチェスターへの愛を存分に注いだ新作『ONLY UP』は、TOPS、BROKEN SOCIAL SECNEとカナディアンインディの代表格を招集!ダンスフロアとサイケデリアの融合の一点集中で練り上げられた音は、元ネタのマンチェスターサウンドに引けを取らない極楽な作用をもたらす!トロント拠点のラッパーCADENCE WEAPONをフューチャーした"COME AROUND"は『SCREAMADELICA』の如く低温でヒートしていき、シューゲイザーが持つ歪みの揺らめきが覆う完璧な一曲!CADENCE WEAPONの同じく冷めながらしっかり華を添えるラップも見事!近年のKERO KERO BONITOの音楽が好きな人は特に要チェック!

散発的に作業を進め最後2週間で一気にアルバムをまとめあげたという今回のプロジェクト。そんな瞬発力がアルバムの空気に反映されたような、余計な事は一切していない濃度限界越えなドラッギーアルバムの誕生!

On top of his work as a producer for other artists, Torontos Josh Korody kept busy with his redlined techno solo project Nailbiter as well as running the Nodding Heads label. Before Korodys fixation on dark, aggressive techno, he was part of several bands more akin to shoegaze and dreamy synth pop. Breeze began as one of those groups in 2012, with Korody and his bandmates making jangly, reverb-saturated indie rock. Though still made in collaboration with longtime collaborator Kyle Connolly, Breeze takes an entirely different form on second album Only Up, abandoning dreamy guitar rock entirely and opting for a more dancefloor-oriented take on psychedelia. Working on an intentionally tight schedule, Korody wrote, recorded, and mixed the entirety of the album in just around two weeks, making swift decisions and opting for a process that was more spontaneous than belabored. That quick-thinking approach can be felt as the set moves briskly from Madchester-inspired dance-pop excellence on Come Around to the Bowie-meets-G-funk slither of Let It In to what sounds like the Stone Roses attempting new jack swing on Ecstasy on Keele Street. There are moments of post-punk funkiness, dizzy synth pop, and sprinklings of experimental electronic tones throughout. The beautiful Dont Cry combines soft ambient synth tones, a rough-edged groove, and dynamic melodies that recall Tears for Fears at their most grandiose or the most bitter depths of Violator-era Depeche Mode. Its one of many examples of the exhilarating mishmash Korody achieves with Only Up. Tess Parks simmering vocals on the title track drive home the range of Korodys colorful vision, simultaneously offering up a reimagination of Manchesters swirling 90s peak, while at the same time feeling futuristic and unfamiliar. ~ Fred Thomas