Album Rating: 3.5

scorpion of red eyes is gorgeous. the cover of my favorite things is also surprisingly delightful

should be fuckin sick i be checkin dis out so0n

Just by the sound of Coto, I know i'm going to love this

I'm still listening to "Stella"...maybe later...

Album Rating: 2.5

Massive PG1 fan but that was just pretty bland.

Oh gosh, new Kashiwa Daisuke. Heard there was going to be a new album, but didn't think it was going to be so soon.
Must find must listen.

Solid review. Gotta check this out when I get home.

Album Rating: 3.0

kashiwa is the bringer of the weird unfocused piano jams

Album Rating: 4.0

I have a copy of PM1 that I got while I was overseas, you bet your ass I'll be listening to this one.

I now understand what it means to be bored to tears. So bland.
I only listen to calm classical piano stuff when it's pretty, but this is just shit.

Album Rating: 2.5

Agree.

Lol at the 1/5, I'm so sure that this is one of the worst things you've ever heard.

Album Rating: 3.5

^^^

can't imagine how low your standards have to be to be impressed by this
it's just empty and boring.

I like calm stuff, but this is just shit. I can enjoy piano music from the likes of Balmorhea and
Eluvium, but this is just boring, and the way it's played is terrible. Shit album.
Nah kidding.

I think it's just Japanese piano music I don't like. But really I guess it isn't awful, just boring
to
me. I shouldn't really rate it if I just don't like the kind of music.

Disappointed that it just sounds like anime background music to me. Japanese style piano is boring
by itself. That's my criticism.

Album Rating: 3.5

^it's simple, it's because this isn't post-rock, it's modern classical. Too many people overlap the two and assume because post-rock has strings and it's pretty that they'll be satisfied by the wide array of works that is modern-classical, when post-rock actually just scrapes the surface of classical. if you're not impressed by this, you're probably just not into this style of music, which is perfectly understandable. Personally, I love Daisuke's tendencies to change genres completely and throw everyone a curveball, it keeps things interesting. Sometimes I long for Program Music II, but him following that would be a feat and would likely fall flat on it's face just because of people's tendencies to compare releases to their predecessors.

Album Rating: 4.0

this is great

ziroth:
Huh, didn't think simple piano and strings qualified as post-rock, but I guess post-rock is a cancer digging it's way into everything else now? I used to think I knew what post-rock was.

Also, just saying, April.#02 is my favourite Kashiwa Daisuke album, just for the title track. It doesn't break down as much as the Program Music I tracks if you get what I mean.

And just saying, this album kind of seems like something I'd enjoy a bit more in winter. I'll wait for the mood to strike I guess.

Just got hold of this, will be spinning shortly.

kind of heartbreaking that i know he'll never top program music I

You may 'know' that, but it doesn't make it true.