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soxcks So much great music has come out this year but I listen to this EP more than I listen to anything else, so make of that why you will. Not that my opinion should mean anything, but if you’re at all a fan of, like, music, you should check this out.

The saxophone on Anchor gives me life!!! Favorite track: Anchor.
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ag4tha These three musicians have never disappointed before and I’m convinced they will never disappoint in the future. Wonderful souls with an infallible musical sense and style.
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giljuwu I've been in love with mouse on the keys' artistic intent and how it manifests in their music since I stumbled upon "An Anxious Object" in '09. This EP, as always, picks up where they left off and adds more intricacies, more tension and never departs from these ethereal sequences, hypnotic and unpredictable. It's only four songs but it kept playing in my head for a long time afterwards...
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Matt Amy Emergence blows my shit up. Favorite track: Emergence.
belzac
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belzac Mouse on the keys manages to keep a constant feeling of progression and drama throughout their tracks, their rhythm will make you feel like you can tackle through a brick wall. This four piece masterpiece will take you on a ride between bliss and chaos. My single complaint is that this vibe doesn't go on for ten songs, you guys are absolutely incredible. Favorite track: Emergence.
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1.
Praxis 03:20
2.
Room 04:13
3.
Emergence 03:00
4.
Anchor 04:43

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Seeking to expand their sound and style on tres (2018) and "Circle" (2019), mouse on the keys toyed with form and instrumentation by adding vocals, guitar, and electronic regalia. But on their new EP, Arche, the Japanese trio return to the core of their sound, a dizzying piano-based jazz founded on nimble syncopation and harmonic intrigue.

With their back-to-basics approach on Arche, mouse on the keys are simultaneously elegant and playful. "Praxis" and "Emergence" share in the band's proclivities for climax, suspense, and dynamism, all of which combine for an inventive style of fusion that is at times unrelenting, at others enchanting.

Track "Anchor" boasts the release's only guest feature in saxophonist Kenji Honzawa, whose agile performance skillfully calls and responds to the band's dueling keyboardists. The arpeggiating closer "Room" teases in and out of rolling, hypnotic passages that build up to a mesmeric coda whose abrupt end is the only way to shake listeners from its entrancing powers.

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released May 20, 2020

mouse on the keys
Akira Kawasaki : Drums, Programming
Atsushi Kiyota : Piano, Programming
Daisuke Niitome : Piano, Synthesizer, Programming

Additional Artists
Kenji Honzawa : Soprano saxophone ("Anchor")

"Praxis" and "Emergence" Written by Akira Kawasaki
"Room" Written by Atsushi Kiyota
"Anchor" Written by Daisuke Niitome

Art Direction & Design : Jota Sato (Steinski)

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