The essence of daily life is repetition. Boredom always follows the path paved by repetition. What happens if this goes to extremes? For example, a day that is exactly the same as the previous one is repeated forever, and all the repeated days are remembered as if they were listed in order on the time axis. As the day repeats itself perfectly as before, there will be nothing around you that can change.
In this situation, would you imagine being hit by a car? Then, the next day, you will be hit by the same car at the same time and place, and you will be taken to the same hospital at the same time, treated by the same doctor, and told the same thing. What can we do at this time? Before answering this, let’s listen to moribet’s [so, ho hum].
[so, ho hum] is an album that seems to have dismantled folk and electronic music and scattered it over time. In particular, the rhythm conveyed throughout the song in track 3, “anhedonia,” is really difficult. If you count the rhythm simply by the attack timing, it is a composition that can be seen normally in experimental music, but the sense of rhythm created by the interweaving of the sound textures used is truly complex and beautiful. But if you listen closely, you can see that the fork is firmly holding the center. If you remove the distorted sounds of electronic music from your mind one by one, the simple sound unique to folk remains.
Did you notice in the song introduction that the only change we can make in a day that repeats forever? It’s just a thought. Since every day that is repeated in our memories is sequentially engraved, our thoughts will continue to change. It’s like if you erase the elements of electronic music from your head one by one, you’re left with a simple folk sound.
Regardless of these thoughts, it is a very interesting album to listen to, so I hope you will definitely listen to morivet’s [so, ho hum]!