Apr 8, 2010 | Mukaizake Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “What would happen if you took Red House Painters and gave them Wheaties before recording? Mukaizake’s languorous rhythms and stretched-out singing, as well as its minor-key melodies, do take a page from RHP. The songs hide a certain complexity, though,...
Mar 8, 2010 | Mukaizake Reviews, Reviews
“While listening to this, and contemplating the automobile artwork, you sit with ears and senses open, waiting for some guitar hook or divine melody to capture you and force you to hit repeat. It doesn’t come. See, it sounds like a pop release, but...
Mar 4, 2010 | Mukaizake Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Being spread across three different states isn’t the most productive way to keep the band going. We always had in the back of our mind that we’d release those tracks that we’d recorded. But with Dan and I living away it was too hard...
Feb 19, 2010 | Mukaizake Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Unknown Knowns seems blissfully unaware of the anticipation that surrounds it; Mukaizake sound like a band that don’t feel they have anything to prove, whose humble goal is nothing more than to write and record the best possible songs they can,...
Jan 22, 2010 | Mukaizake Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “The best indie rock sounded experimental and exciting while still being accessible and interesting. Perth band Mukaizake nail this winning formula on their sophomore EP, Unknown Knowns….As with many indie bands, the lyrics are deliberately...
Jan 21, 2010 | Apricot Rail Reviews, Fall Electric Reviews, Glassacre Reviews, Mukaizake Reviews, My Majestic Star Reviews, Reviews, Tangled Star Reviews, The Slow Beings Reviews, Toby Richardson Reviews
Excerpt: “Turn the clock back a few years and most people were convinced there was something in the water in WA because of the sheer number of excellent acts who called that piece of Australia home. Fast forward to 2010 and it seems our short attention spans...
