ARTIST.....:    How to count one to ten
TITLE......:    Method of Slow Motion
LABEL......:    kiwiport
GENRE......:    Instrumental Rock
RIP DATE...:    2019-03-31
RETAIL DATE:    2014-10-28
RUNTIME....:    44:58
SIZE.......:    103,88 MB
QUALITY....:    320Kbps 44.1kHz
ENCODER/CODEC:  LAME - MP3 (MPEG-2 AUDIO LAYER 3)
URL........:    https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bxvxrj7ocz543c6hskvqbw7mliu

Track List:

01. Idyllic                                           3:05
02. Idyllic Landscape                                 3:37
03. Swimming Pool                                     3:57
04. Parade                                            4:19
05. News Paper                                        5:17
06. Balance                                           3:56
07. An Association Game 1                             4:54
08. Mathematics;Re                                   11:24
09. Time Goes by                                      4:29

Release Notes:

How to count one to ten, the Kyoto based five-piece
instrumental face of algorithmic harmony, delicately
restates the parameters of musical professionalism with
Method of slow motion, the newest release since 2012¡¯s
Blue Building Blocks. Clarity: clean guitars, keys,
bass, and drums hold this crystal palace of a structure
together, all dimensions pronounced and ignited with
deliberation emanating through every palm mute and
stick-click.

I get the sense that this album celebrates the magical
realism of novelist Haruki Murakami (who happens to be
based in Kyoto) with stream of consciousness-like dreamy
passages, paired with song titles representing real yet
unrecognizably peaceful things that contain some
potential for terror: ¡®swimming pool¡¯, ¡®parade¡¯, and
¡®balance¡¯. The nine tracks of Method of slow motion
seem to have an affinity for unalienable progression,
resembling that of Enemies¡® Embark, Embrace. Riff and
groove transitions are fluid and intuitively complex.
¡®swimming pool¡¯ is an elegant interplay of inspiration
and sonic majesty, each individual note complemented by
following swing. If I knew Japanese I would examine the
11 and a half minute ¡®mathematics:re¡¯, but for now all
I can really do is point.

Like their regional contemporaries Toe and LITE, How to
count one to ten are inoffensive and polite in style,
and Method of slow motion is a collection of work that
should not be passed up. Method Of Slow Motion is
described by the band as a ¡®fusion of rakugo and radio
drama to post-rock. Storytelling, almost like hip hop
rapping, is converted into a radio drama form and
constructs a fresh world view¡®. This album should be
treated as a piece of art, check it out and see if you
can find a statement.