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Monday, April 1, 2024

LAUSBUB -- The Catcher in the Die/The Catcher in the Dai -Radio Session-

 

The J.D. Salinger novel "The Catcher in the Rye" was mandatory reading in my high school. Honestly speaking, I don't remember much of the book aside from the fact that Holden Caulfield isn't the nicest fellow on Earth and that he may be a murderous psychopath-in-waiting. 

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However, I'm happy to say that the Hokkaido technopop duo LAUSBUB's cute twist on the title "The Catcher in the Die" from 2020 (and their second self-produced single belonging to it) is considerably less antagonistic. 

In 2023, the song got a further upgrade in the bloops and bleeps and slaps along with one more tweak in the lettering with the result being "The Catcher in the Dai -Radio Session-". Rico Iwai(岩井莉子)was responsible for words and music, and I have to say that I enjoy this improved version even more. The accompanying music video is quite soothing actually. I always like it when the Silver Surfer can put away the board and simply have a jaunty walk to get anywhere.

2 comments:

  1. Fireminer here. When you put "The Catcher in the Rye" and "techno" in the same sentence, my brain automatically jumps to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, since that book played an important role in the anime. Anyway, this is a good tune, though the autotuned vocal at the middle of the track isn't my cup of tea.

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    1. Yeah, not a huge fan of auto-tune either. I could use auto-tune in my karaoke and sound...marginally...better but that's not the point for me.

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