OOIOO- Feather Float (1999)

I came across this band some years ago, when I was exploring some of the "related" offshoot bands of the Boredoms.  There's something about all female Japanese projects that seem to get the blood flowing.  Maybe its the usual high energy they produce or maybe its just the fact that, in your minds eye, you can see chirpy Japanese chics rockin' out to some crazy experimental Noise Rock tunes. Either way, OOIOO is a pretty decent project.

Like I said above, OOIOO is an all female 4 piece that plays highly contagious noise rock/experimentalism. Out of the different albums that I have heard, Feather Float is my favorite.  Feather Float is one of the more consistent albums that they have.  Just as The Boredoms, OOIOO can be pretty chaotic in structure and has a tendency to be pretty experimental.  (which I am totally ok with, but I realize not everyone can handle that.)  Feather Float has a lot of really catchy tracks and with the soft female vocals, and steady rhythms, its easy to fall into a trance.  Half of the tracks are really Boredom like, while the rest seem like experimental dance tracks.  I've never been to a live show in Japan, but all pics that I have seen, seem to be chalk full of energy, crazy outfits and tons of people; and with this release, I could see OOIOO garner that same type of live setting.  Feather Float has 11 tracks and is under an hour in running time, which makes this a great release.  To be more precise with a description- you can take the highly structured Boredoms songs, make the vocals all female, slow it down a bit then make it sound like a Japanese cartoon theme song, then you have Feather Float.

I have listened to this album a ton, and have had it for quite a long time now, and I still have not gotten sick of it. (I think it is currently on my MP3 player at this very moment.)  Some average music fans will not appreciate this style of music, but if you are familiar with the Boredoms or experimental rock/noise rock, then you'll really like this.  The album and band as a whole, is not aggressive, instead it is more melodic; so go get it, download it or buy it.  By the way.... if you live in France, either them or some off shoot side project is playing there sometime soon; just check out the link on their main page.

Official score- 4/5