Ichiko Aoba

アダンの風 (Windswept Adan)

Do you ever feel a sense of emptiness in your life? Do you ever need something to comfort you? Do you ever feel like you lack something? Is there ever a time you just want to stop trying?

These are just some questions I ask myself all the time, but listening to アダンの風 (Windswept Adan) made me forget it all.

The elegant instrumentation matched with the heavenly vocals on this new project gives me a sense of hope and safety. Everything about this just makes me feel great. Listening to ... read more

Majestic in all of it’s bright bubbly sounds, intricate in it’s lyrics. It’s like walking around in the center of town in the cold nights of December, the bustling crowd of people with all it’s words spewing from their mouths, their stance on political parties, family affairs, and work. All of the festive lights and decorations shining right in your eyes, what would otherwise be an inconvenience seems so perfect. You stand there, frozen in your spot, entranced at these ... read more

"Winderwept Adan" appeals to all our 5 senses in a metaphorical way. The hearing and the taste to realize that this charming and bewitching masterpiece is simply delicious to browse through. The sight and smell that will allow you to visit each room of this adventure thanks to your imagination, multiple images and memories that run deep inside you. The touch in order to enjoy all the emotions that emerge, which will come to embrace you, pinch you when necessary, to realize how much ... read more

This record was perhaps the most odd experience that I've had in 2020, not that the album in itself is necessarily strange but more the context surrounding it, this quickly became one of the most beloved and highly rated LPs amongst users, yet, personally, I get very little enjoyment out of it, which is something that rarely happens, and I'll try to go over as to why would that be.

Firstly, I'd like to draw a comparison to another hot take of mine, as honestly these two are my only really ... read more