2 8 1 4, "Huīfù"

2 8 1 4’s 新しい日の誕生 was one of the great walking around records of the winter; the word “soundscape” is itch-inducing to me so I won’t use it here but you know what I’m talking about. (I will also refrain from tossing out phrases like “auditory urban blueprint” because [makes gagging gesture].) It is just too gross out today to stroll about listening to music — no one who cares about you would ask you to do so and anything short of a lifesaving organ transplant that requires it is truly unnecessary — but you can still press play huddled under whatever air conditioner you are currently riding out the humidity with and imagine for a second that you are wandering through a “darkly beautiful and dystopian ambient cinescape,” but one where each step doesn’t deplete you of life-preserving moisture. Enjoy.