Review
This is Hakushi Hasegawa’s most disciplined and devastating work to date. Enlisting the live ensemble HaHa and The Hairpins gives their trademark sensory deluge an anchoring physical heft: snare hits snap with human friction, agile bass lines tether hyperactive polyrhythms, and horn sections pivot on a dime from showtune swing to feral free jazz.
Rather than softening the volatility, human hands make the sequencing tighter and more lethal. "Little Briar-Rose" bounces with buoyant, brassy momentum before "Nausea" fractures into jagged instrumental shrieks and blown-out noise. On "Boss-Moire-FS," gabber kicks collide with caustic saxophone and deadpan sports commentary, while "We The Ominous Warriors" repeatedly snaps its breakneck rhythm for solo horn interludes.
Throughout, Hasegawa's soft, airy vocals float calmly through the tumult, spun into intricate harmonies just seconds before being swarmed by distorted percussion. By chaining intricate digital sound design to the collective reflexes of a living rhythm section, the record turns frantic chaos into an undeniable, razor-sharp triumph.
