Les Misé Blue [LP]

Syrup16g formed in the Tokyo suburbs in the early 1990s and became one of Japan's most quietly revered alternative rock bands, built around Igarashi's bruised, introspective songwriting and a sound that moves between jangling melancholy and heavy, droning guitar. Les Misé Blue is a later-period album from the band, proof that their knack for bittersweet, slow-burning songs never faded.

This is a Japanese pressing on Daizawa Records, the band's longtime home label, released on vinyl and distributed in the US via Light in the Attic. A welcome chance for overseas fans to get a Syrup16g record on the shelf without hunting down an expensive import.