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Preoccupations: a singular, bracing collection that proves what's punishing can also be soothing, everything can change without disrupting your compass.
You can designate records as seasonal, and you can feel Preoccupation's Viet Cong's bleakness and declare it wintry. But the only way you get a frost is when there's something warmer to freeze up.
"The band's defeatism takes on a new tenor: battle-worn, sincere, and not quite so antagonistic. That may mean that New Material lacks the punch of their feisty debut, but it also lends these songs a soothing quality." -Pitchfork
Originally released in 1987 as a film soundtrack, this expressly ambient work by the Japanese composer is based on the Gagaku style of ancient Japanese court music, but with a shimmer of tones created by one person using a computer.