Metoronori – Evenings All Night Flight Records

Label: Glossy Mistakes – none
Format: LP, Album
Country: Spain
Released: 2022
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Shoegaze, Experimental

‘Evenings’ is a unique and nocturnal collection of songs. The 13-track record came from an unstable few years for the artist, during which she found solace in the night-time atmosphere of the various Tokyo wards that became her home. An voiced ode to dreams. With her musical alias as a fun play on words meaning ‘metro rider’, ‘Evenings’ is a seamless and insular night-time journey from Metoronori, real name Hikari Okuyama. The journey though isn’t charting train tunnels and rail tracks, but various dreamscapes, as underpinned by electronics and hints of free jazz. While musical influences are too broad to pin down for such a singular sound, ‘Evenings’ comes with visual inspiration from esteemed directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Fritz Lang. Surrealism and noir bleed through the sounds, making for the visual texture of an out-of-context movie scene, much like part of a dream. Dream pop sounds merge with ambient pads, soft vocals and oniric instrumentals throughout the whole piece, on a rollercoaster of emotions and feelings. An album to enjoy from start to finish, paying attention to detail as every sound on the records sums up to the overall meaning of the concept. ‘Evenings’ will be released on vinyl LP by Glossy Mistakes on February 11th 2022, with a remastering, by Damian Schwartz, from the original digital/cassette* release. Copies will be available via Bandcamp and selected record stores worldwide. Besides the regular black vinyl, a limited white coloured vinyl will be available in an edition of 100 copies.

Tracklist
1 Evenings
2 ランプのように
3 屋根の上より
4 M
5 窓辺の顔
6 Timer Cut
7 Wendy
8 Balls Of Fire
9 灰、chasse
10 Flesh Alone
11 蔦：星
12 車の軋りに (To The Squeaking Of Cars)
13 夜の人々

Evenings by Metoronori