Ryan's Top Ten Albums - Time n' Place - Kero Kero Bonito

 Time n’ Place - Kero Kero Bonito

Released 2018 - Genre: Indie Rock, Noise,  Experimental Pop

Time n’ Place instantly became one of my favorite albums after listening to it for the first time, and that sentiment is only cemented upon subsequent listens. Kero Kero Bonito is very unique as they are a pop band that has no trouble dabbling in other genres and still creating fantastic music. This album is a great example of that, as it is much more of a rock album than a traditional pop album like the ones they made prior, but instead of ditching the bubbly synth patterns and pop song structures they simply implemented them in a different way, creating a pop rock sound that is still uniquely Kero Kero Bonito. The album isn’t very long, at just over a half hour, and it feels even shorter because of how well each song flows into the next. But each song is so jam-packed with clever ideas and little nuances that I didn’t even notice on my first listen. Another thing I really like about the album is how dark the lyrics can be compared to the upbeat instrumentals. I just think it’s really funny when songs do that, and this album is full of songs like that!

Some of my favorite tracks on the album are “Only Acting,” which does a great job incorporating some more experimental elements, “Dump,” one of the more melancholy tracks on the record, and “Sometimes,” which takes a complete departure from the pop rock songs on the album to deliver an uplifting acoustic number towards the end of the album. Maybe you’ve heard of Kero Kero Bonito from their poppier outings on popular songs like “Flamingo” or “I’d Rather Sleep,” and I would highly recommend checking this album out too!


-Ryan


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