Fujiya & Miyagi: Transparent ThingsDeaf Dumb & Blind: 1/23/2007
I actually acquired Transparent Things last year, before it had been officially released in the U.S., and recommended it as one of the best albums of 2006 on my previous blog. However, since most Americans didn't get the chance to hear the album until this year, I'll recommend it again. Fujiya & Miyagi chose the name to convince the press they were Japanese, but their sound betrays their Brighton roots and their German influences. Many reviews classify Fujiya & Miyagi as krautrock, and I can definitely hear its influence, but they are much more complex than that. I can also hear strains of American dance-punk and laid-back French electronica. Transparent Things, despite being a hodgepodge of influences, has a remarkably unified sound which is definitely a pleasure to listen to.
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