Monthly Listening: August 2020
This month's rundown of new albums from Chelmico, Kenshi Yonezu, Kokone Suzuki and more
Hi! This is August’s Monthly Listening list, a quick rundown of new albums I checked out this month that I enjoyed. You can browse Monthly Listenings of the past month in the archives.
The amount of albums in this list has once again passed the limit for Gmail to properly display, as Substack likes to tell me as I edit this post. Which is a good thing, I think. That means plentiful of new albums for you to check out, I’d hope. It also makes me feel alright that I am still doing an OK job keeping up with what’s coming out because it can feel tough sometimes to get those listens in these days. Don’t be like me: you take your time with these.
Below are new albums that I enjoyed this month. And here is August’s playlist of songs that missed the cut for this month’s newsletters.
Iei Ni Yeah by 4s4ki & Masayoshi Iimori | rap / hip hop / EDM
► “I Love Me”
Partition by Awich | rap / hip hop
► “Shook Shook”
ANTi CONFORMiST SUPERSTAR by BiS | punk / rock / idol
► “CURTAiN CALL”
Maze by Chelmico | hip hop / rap / pop
► “Disco (Bad Dance Doesn’t Matter)”
Stray Sheep by Kenshi Yonezu | pop
► “Kanden”
Fever by Kokone Suzuki | pop / idol
► “Fever”
To Idols to Us to You by Melon Batake A Go Go | punk / idol
Shima Ga Mietayo by Miho Asahi | pop / lite funk
► “Swimmy Swimmy”
Glints by Moka Sato | pop / soft rock
► “Glints”
Mellow Madness by O’chawanz | pop / hip hop / idol
► “After Five”
Ambience EP by Pasocom Music Club | electronic / techno
► “Murmur”
Juvenile by RilisReverse | rock / idol
► “Natsuiro”
Abstract by Seventeen Years Old and Berlin Wall | indie rock / dream pop
Step by Step by Sandal Telephone | pop / funk / idol
Shirashira by Shiraha | pop / electronic
► “White Out”
Deep Blue by Sora Tob Sakana | math rock / idol
► “Signal”
Read about the album in issue #17
Take Me Away from Tokyo by Zombie-Chang | pop / electronic / house
► “Snooze”
Hogarakana Hifutote Fufuku by ZUTOMAYO | pop / rock
► “Milabo”
Next issue is out September 2. You can check out previous issues here.