We were first drawn to frank dean and andrew by the fantastic art of Ez Goomi; as it turns out, all of Ebi Soda‘s covers are colorful and fun, a perfect reflection of the Brighton sextet. Then there was the title of early single “when pluto was a planet and everything was cool,” which joins track titles by Max Cooper and GoGo Penguin as our favorites of the year.  And then of course the most important part, the music.
Listening to that single ~ the synth beginning, the howling Halloween sound, the keening calls, the deep bass, IDM drums and trip-hop horns, we started to think of Ebi Soda as one kind of band, when actually they are many. This particular piece, drawing on everything from early film scores to post-rock, is one of our…

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