Free Time is the first full-length release by Berlin’s ultra-cool lo-fi fiends Pinkunoizu. This vibrant debut, released on Full Time Hobby in March, follows on from the group’s November EP Peep, with plenty of intelligent, harmonious math-pop featuring a subtle edge.
Lead track Time is Like a Melody kicks off this varied album with sweeping soundscapes, plenty of reverb, and haunting, saturated vocals. There are clear elements of Arcade Fire’s sound throughout this track (and indeed sporadically throughout the album as a whole), which is evocative and beautiful. The album is not focused...
Signed to Full Time Hobby, Pinkunoizu are an emerging alternative act that are a bit math rock and a bit chillwave, with lots of guitars, synths and ambient sounds. The band have a couple of London gigs lined up in September ahead of their debut EP Peep, scheduled for release in Nov 2011, and they are also in the process of developing their first full length release due out in 2012.
Pinkunoizu are certainly an interesting bunch. The group have derived their name from the Japanese translation of the term “pink noise”, although the group are actually based in Copenhagen and Berlin. To...
