Experimental, elusive, and singular musician Hakushi Hasegawa (they/them) proudly announces their new album, Honest Feeling Album (素直な気持ちアルバム), coming out August 28th via Brainfeeder.
Following their previous release on Brainfeeder, Honest Feeling Album sees Hasegawa joined by their newly formed band, HaHa and The Hairpins, pushing their music into bold new territory while embracing a more expansive live-band sound. The album also features a diverse cast of collaborators including Mito Tsukino, tofubeats, Accorinrin (Otoboke Beaver), and Lee Lang, creating a series of unexpected and distinctive musical encounters.
Honest Feeling Album’s narrative comes alive through Hasegawa’s trademark style, where disparate sounds coalesce into songs that range from big band jazz to J-pop to industrial noise. With a band behind them, their music resounds that much more mightily than ever before, and it still retains its frenetic energy, exemplified early on in Track 2’s lyrics: “The season of flutter, yes, has come (translated).”