Newsday
March 27th, 2008 | Published in Uncategorized
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http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/music/blog/2008/03/on_the_lookout_love_psychedeli.html
On The Lookout: Love Psychedelico
According to Wikipedia, the band’s name is supposed to be spelled out in all caps, though if you want to get technical it’s actually ラブ・サイケデリコ. Hailing from Japan, Love Pyschedelico has been around for a few years, but it recently picked up a bit of juice from an Idolator post — even though the site mistook guitarist Naoki Sato for a girl.
But there’s no mistaking the lovely singer, known only as Kumi. She and the guy have a catchy tune called “Your Song” that’s notable for two things.
One, it’s actually a well-constructed and not entirely derivative pop number — a rarity, coming from Japan. And two, Kumi seems to have studied at the Alanis Morissette School of Canadian English. She sings most of the song in her native tongue, but on the chorus she successfully wraps her mouth around a hard “R” like the Jagged Little Pill herself. All in all, it’s a curio, but a thoroughly enjoyable one.
A compilation album, “This is Love Psychedelico,” due April 29 on Hacktone Records, will mark the group’s U.S. debut.
