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This is music that, thanks to the global marketplace, its own ingenuity, and Youtube, moves beyond boundaries of nation and language, sound and image, rationalization and emotion.
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There are enough instrumental interludes and understated melodies here to make the record a grower, and it eases into the sunset for much of its back half.
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Tokumaru’s music, it’s now well established, is quirky but profound, foreign but still universal.
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Tokumaru counters the tweeness of his Japanese-language croon (plus the unrelenting innocence of his twinkly, trebly melodies) with arrangements that densely interweave oddly organic twittering to suggest psychedelia without ever stooping to its cliches.
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Exit is a classic, a refreshing and rewarding experience that is sweet and euphoric and brilliant. Exit should make Tokumaru a star.
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Exit, which was mixed and recorded on a laptop, using a popular program called Pro Tools, is a tribute to the unexpected beauty of everyday things.
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Ambitious as some of that may seem, Exit never feels like a show-off record--just a thoughtfully put-together one.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 49 out of 62
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Mixed: 2 out of 62
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Negative: 11 out of 62
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AndreaGMar 17, 2009
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WilliamNFeb 25, 2009The best album of the year!!, He's a genious, hands down.
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KateSFeb 22, 2009Best album of the year so far, beautiful, georgeus and original record, thanks Tokumaru-San.