Tokyo's Coolest Sound

Out now from Crue-L Records is a first album by The Beauty (MySpace, Bandcamp), solo project of Yuji Oda. While described as contemporary electro-pop, the official blurb also mentions a hallucinating list of influential genres: gothic, shoe gaze, balearic, dark wave, reverb electro, nerd funk, leftfield indie dance, polaroid pop..?! I loved the track "Fifth Regret" from recent label compilation "Crue-L Café", and this is definitely worth checking!

Sound samples at Jet Set, where you can get a free bonus CD-R while supplies last.

The Beauty "Love In The Heart of The World Shout"

1. Ghostwriter
2. Breathing Memories
3. Put Galaxies
4. The Transient
5. Heartline
6. Fifth Regret
7. Sun Falls
8. Hold On
9. Ptites Gueulantes
10. Changes
11. Beyond The Rainbow
12. The Sorrow of Parting
13. Love In The Heart of The World Shout
14. Proserpina's

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Out now (5/25), ¥2200 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: Jet Set, CDJapan, Amazon, HMV, Tower Records (Japan only) ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.