Niningashi - Heavy Way (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

A coming-of-age album, Heavy Way captured a turning point in Okubo’s life, and Japanese society more widely as a nostalgia for the pastoral calm of the traditional life, met the cosmopolitan thrill of coffee, sex and cigarettes in the big city.

Intoxicated by Tokyo, driven by a passion for music and surrounded by a thriving acid folk scene, the young student filtered his experiences through a psychedelic cocktail of soulful influences from the US and Japan.

Niningashi was his first band, and Heavy Way was their only album. It was honest and raw, deep and strangely funky, in an off-beat kind of way. Across nine tracks, Okubo and the 6-piece band put their own spin on the new folk sound of Japan, combining witty lyrics with electric guitar-driven solos and crisp, understated grooves.

TRACKLIST

1. Niningashi - 雨上がり
2. Niningashi - せまい僕の部屋で
3. Niningashi - おそすぎて
4. Niningashi - みよちゃん
5. Niningashi - おらが村の村長さん
6. Niningashi - れすとらん
7. Niningashi - なつ
8. Niningashi - チカンノウタ
9. Niningashi - ひとりぼっち



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