a new-ish trend with internet pop music is the tearing down of cultural, lingual, and social walls, and labels like maltine record facilitate this exciting development. kero kero bonito, and other artists like bo en, lead the pack, with their songs condensing the japanese fetish for warped sounds and a mixture of japanese and english vocals. after the success of both their intro bonito debut and bonito recycling ep, kero kero bonito are on a creative roll, and their newest single "build it up" may very well be their best song yet. the quirky, percussive samples, half-english-half-japanese, and vaguely pc music influences are all here in spades, and it's dangerously catchy.
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