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KOKOROKO — Abusey Junction
Album: Could We Be More
Avg rating:
7.3

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Total ratings: 1040









Released: 0
Length: 6:58
Plays (last 30 days): 8
(instrumental)
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When I first heard this, I thought it was Lucinds Wlliams playing with Bo Ramsey, both on guitars.
Abusey Junction?  Is that anywhere near Assaulty Avenue?
 idiot_wind wrote:

Ahhhhh. A female trombone player. That's something you don't see everyday. 



To be fair, I don't see trombone players most days. 
Very very cool
Oooooh, that's just fun to say: "KOKOROKO"
think I will stay right here…
Ahhhhh. A female trombone player. That's something you don't see everyday. 
wow!  First listen. Fantastic
Wrong album credit:  It's not on "Could We Be More" but I see it listed on an EP:  Kokoroko (2019, Brownswood Recordings) and a compilation: We Out Here (2018, also on Brownswood).
 nelamvr6 wrote:

I don't know if this has a Khruangbin vibe or if Khruangbin has a Kokoroko vibe, but either way I dig it!


I prefer the percussion/drums here to Khruangbin.
Quite nice. 
Smooth. Very smooth.
I like it.
Saw them recently in SF. Great live band!
I don't know if this has a Khruangbin vibe or if Khruangbin has a Kokoroko vibe, but either way I dig it!
 lovelyhelicopter wrote:

Very nice indeed 


I  Agree!  GREAT TUNE!!  This is the 1st time that I have heard of this group. That is why we come here.  Thanx RP!  
Very nice indeed 
 rgio wrote:

Interesting segue...from The Smile.

The Smile is rated 5.8... this 7.2.  The knock on The Smile is that the voices are so mild and "melodic" as to be unintelligible, yet I find Thom's voice much more enjoyable than the guitar plucking here.

The songs are not that different (which I assume is the point), yet the ratings vary a great deal?   Gotta believe the "anti-Radiohead" crew is active.



I don't find them all that similar....not a huge Radiohead fan myself. Somebody else put it very well. So uninteresting as to be interesting. That is the way I feel about some of their music and other songs not so much.
Interesting segue...from The Smile.

The Smile is rated 5.8... this 7.2.  The knock on The Smile is that the voices are so mild and "melodic" as to be unintelligible, yet I find Thom's voice much more enjoyable than the guitar plucking here.

The songs are not that different (which I assume is the point), yet the ratings vary a great deal?   Gotta believe the "anti-Radiohead" crew is active.
I find the beautiful cover artwork (by Kasmir Jones) a perfect complement to this nicely soothing song.

If you’d told me in 1977 that I would like a song like this, I'd have laughed in your face. If you’re lucky maturity is one of the few gains you get with age.


 BenHM3 wrote:

... I was 2/3rds in when I suddenly realized it had grabbed me. 


Yup. Just snuck on me now as well.
Very nice!  New music for me.  Thanks, RP.  
a new fav, thanks again RP
It’s a vibe. 💯
 TOppTonn2 wrote:

Soft, soothing. Has a bit of Orchestra Baobab to it but with a much softer touch.

Sade meets Orchestra Baobab maybe? Solid 8. 

Smooth as a duck's butt 
Soooo Smoooooth 
Here they are, playing to an empty Royal Albert Hall as part of the COVID-2020 Proms
This song just snuck up on me. Yes, I’m a sucker for trumpets. But this song congeals from the wisps of rhythm and the air of voices. I was 2/3rds in when I suddenly reali:zed it had grabbed me. Thanks RP, sharing this on Mastodon. 
Soft, soothing. Has a bit of Orchestra Baobab to it but with a much softer touch.