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Tanukichan “Don’t Give Up”

Tanukichan are very unapologetic about their extreme late 90s vibe, looking and sounding as though they’re a shoegaze band signed to Grand Royal in 1997 who were pushed through a time portal into our era. Toro Y Moi’s production on their new record only exacerbates this by placing a lot of emphasis on the percussion, which mostly sounds like how alt-rock drummers started emulating dance rhythms and hip-hop drum loops starting around 1996. Besides this the most interesting element of the band’s sound is how Hannah von Loon’s pummeling bass parts contrasts with her softly murmured vocals, as though she’s using her instrument to express a bold aggressive at odds with her more demure impulses. A lot of shoegaze music sounds like a small and sensitive voice trying to break through the noise, but in her case it sounds more like she’s trying to beat down her voice with the bass.

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