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Riding high on the success of Gentle Breeze, PIPER was eager to put out more new material. Keeping the same members and guest musicians, the band used its excitement and forward momentum - aided no doubt by its ever-growing experience and taste for experimentation - to produce its next album, Sunshine Kiz, within the tiny span of six months. And despite seeing no change in personnel for these latest efforts, PIPER’s musicality was constantly evolving.
Perhaps most obviously, Sunshine Kiz showed the band beginning to break away from its signature style. Instrumentals were no longer the focus as more vocal-centric tracks made their way to the fore. Sunshine Kiz turned out to be a “song album,” and its lyric sheet saw a substantial increase in the number of words. A Drumulator replaced the LinnDrums, and the programmed percussion suddenly sounded more natural. Some songs actually featured live drumming, abandoning programmed beats altogether.
It could be said that this all amounted to, at least partially, a return to PIPER’s roots. Or, maybe more accurately, it was something like PIPER circa 1981 filtered through the signature sound the band had forged with their two Breeze albums of 1983. The title track on Sunshine Kiz was released as their second-ever single - their first since “Far Away” from their debut album. And with this new single there even came a music video.
Side A
1. Sunshine Kiz
2. Seaside Runner
3. Velvet Eyes
4. Hidin' In Your Shelter
5. Natsu Wa Dokokae
Side B
1. Boku No Love Song
2. Futari No Summer
3. Silver Sun
4. Fuiuchi No Manazashi
5. Daydream Believer
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supported by 17 fans who also own “Seaside Runner”
Thanks? lol I don't condone downloading torrents but there was a nice one made for this album thankfully in hi res. you left me no choice. Viktor Forsberg
supported by 15 fans who also own “Seaside Runner”
The title says it all: Amazing collection of sounds from the golden age af japanese ambient - which also happens to be the pinnacle of ambient, period! Only disappointment: This is only samples of the original full, two-disc record, but worthwhile none the less. polinos
Woozy music from the great Adhesive Sounds label that conjures strange, expansive dreamscapes with bleary synths & distant vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 22, 2017
Globally inspired rock that stridently cycles through surf music, funk, city pop, Krautrock and Japanese folk; Khruangbin fans, take note. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 21, 2024