Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Toe - The Book About an Idle Plot on a Vague Anxiety (2005)

I used to run another music blog for a little over a year, but I got tired of it and it just kinda ran its course. I hope to make this one even better. For the record, this blog is intended for open-minded listeners. Expect albums of various genres, spanning from math rock, to folk, to jazz, to classical music of different styles and periods, and more. Music is the most engaging and personal form of experiencing an art in my opinion, and thus diversity within it is good. and I hope to share my love for it with all of you through providing you with lots of diversity.



Anyway, I figured I'd start by posting one of my favorite albums ever by one of my favorite musical groups ever. They are a Japanese band called Toe (often spelled with a lower-case "t"), and their sound is a pleasing hybrid of the guitar-heavy, rhythmically complex styles of a math rock band, underlying jazzy undertones and patterns, and all kinds of crazy stuff I haven't even heard in other musical groups. They are truly innovative and hard to describe, but I assure you you won't be disappointed.

Tracklist:
  1. Hangyaku Suru Fuukei
  2. Kodoku no Hatsumei
  3. Tremolo + Delay
  4. Mukougishi Ga Shiru Yume
  5. All I Understand Is That I Don't Understand
  6. C
  7. Past and Language
  8. Music for You
  9. I Do Still Wrong
  10. Metronome
  11. Everything Means Nothing
Genres: instrumental, math rock, post rock


The Book About an Idle Plot on a Vague Anxiety


(if you really like the album, here are a few EPs they also did):









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