Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988 CD xx1984 Cube has a pluralistic approach

Cube has a pluralistic approach that folds together decades of different underground music dialects in a way that feels remarkably cohesive

churning out spastic

along with an increased songwriting presence

MARK LEAVITT and guitarist GREG KUTCHER

conceiving their latest LP Spitting Out Moonlight on a hill in Rye and left with Mikey Young to make sense of it all

Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988 CD xx1984 Cube has a pluralistic approachEarly on in the liner notes for this new LitA comp, Mark Frosty McNeil situates the music collected on Somewhere Between within the economic bubble of 1980s Japan. I guess such a statement suggests that the comp will be populated by schmick pop, futuristic synth tech, New Wavey optimism, all skewed a little off kilter as these private press digging comps often are (a la Efficient Spaces classic Sky Girl). While theres plenty of that, theres also a