The Hate Yourself Change works best as an innocuous bedtime record; including them, it's a snapshot of a band taking a tentative step toward the next echelon of recognition and accomplishment. RIYL: Bright Eyes, Saddle Creek
Celebrating his 50th anniversary, the king of impossible to find city pop has pressed a limited edition copy of "The Boy Inside Me", a masterpiece album that closed out the 80s for Tatsuro Yamashita.