ASOBI SEKSU - FLUORESCENCE (180g LP)

Asobi Seksu Fluorescence on 180g LP

The signs in Chris Zane’s (Passion Pit, The Walkmen) studio couldn’t have been any clearer: “Don’t Overthink It.” Or as Asobi Seksu guitarist James Hanna puts it, “This time, our agenda was to not have one at all; to be mellow about the entire process instead of obsessing over everything.” Maybe mellow isn’t the right word, unless he’s comparing Fluorescence, the band’s fourth proper full-length, to a coiled-up cobra, a temperamental type that’s often one false move away from striking.

After all, “Coming Up” sets the scene by plowing into beehive-like synth lines and warp speed washes of dream-pop that leave you wondering just what the hell is going on. Things don’t let up on “Trails,” catchy and chaotic to the core, the sky-scraping song pays homage to the pitch-perfect songwriting of the ‘60s by chartering a yellow submarine to the moon.

Throughout Fluorescence, Asobi Seksu further refine the bombastic but beautiful blend of hailstorm hooks and fog-shrouded 4AD-isms they’ve spent the last decade perfecting.

Asobi Seksu Fluorescence Track Listing:

1. Coming Up
2. Trails
3. My Baby
4. Perfectly Crystal
5. In My Head
6. Leave The Drummer Out There
7. Sighs
8. Deep Weird Sleep
9. Counterglow
10. Ocean
11. Trance Out
12. Pink Light