Issue #55 postponed

A quick update from This Side of Japan for the next few weeks

Hello, readers of This Side of Japan.

A quick announcement: I decided to postpone issue #55 for August 17. No new issue of This Side of Japan will be published and arrive in your inbox on the previously scheduled date of August 3.

There are a few projects outside of the newsletter that I should spend time finishing instead. And frankly, the draft I have so far for what would’ve been the issue #55 isn’t very satisfactory. Writing has been tough for me in general lately, like it’s feeling more like homework, and I think it’s sapping away the fun from the listening and discovery side of music. It’s maybe time to recharge again, listen and experience the music more than thinking and writing about it.

July’s Monthly Listening will arrive in your inbox this upcoming Sunday as regularly scheduled. What I have penciled in for the Oricon flashback on the August 17 issue is something I am excited to write about, so I am confident I will return to get This Side of Japan back up and running by then. You can always catch up on back issues of the newsletter here.

Until then, happy listening!