Twee Pop & Shibuya-Kei

Beats and Breaks From the Flower Patch [Kitty Craft, 1998]

favourite tracks:

1. Par 5
2. Down For
3. Inward Jam
4. Mama's Lamp (American Mix)

descriptors:

warm, mellow, lush, sampling, lo-fi, spring, peaceful, happy, bittersweet, summer, playful, longing, rhythmic, sad, atmospheric, soothing, psychedelic, melancholic, pastoral, repetitive, melodic, urban

Beat Happening [Beat Happening, 1985]

favourite tracks:

1. Bad Seeds
2. Run Down the Stairs
3. Fourteen
4. Down at the Sea

descriptors:

lo-fi, raw, melodic, playful, love, deadpan, repetitive, bittersweet, warm, rebellious, energetic, quirky, longing, minimalistic, melancholic, sparse

Lamp Phantasma [Lamp, 2008]

favourite tracks:

mellow, soothing, lush, soft, melancholic, warm, peaceful, ethereal, spring, calm, sentimental, autumn, melodic, summer, atmospheric 1.
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descriptors:

Holiday in Rhode Island [The Softies, 2000]

favourite tracks:

1. Sleep Away Your Troubles
2. You and Only You
3.
4.

descriptors:

soft, melancholic, sentimental, mellow, soothing, bittersweet, spring, melodic, sad, lonely, seasonal, warm, longing, love, breakup, depressive, romantic, ethereal, holiday, introspective

Fantasma [Cornelius, 1997]

favourite tracks:

1. New Music Machine
2. Mic Check
3. Chapter 8 ~Seashore and Horizon~
4. Star Fruits Surf Rider

descriptors:

eclectic, playful, energetic, sampling, psychedelic, quirky, happy, warm, melodic, uplifting, progressive, dense, summer, futuristic, lush, concept album, atmospheric, bittersweet, chaotic, suite, Wall of Sound, space

A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness [Rocketship, 1996]

favourite tracks:

1. I Love You Like the Way That I Used to Do
2. Heather, Tell Me Why
3. I'm Lost Without You Here
4. Kisses Are Always Promises

descriptors:

love, melancholic, romantic, warm, playful, melodic, noisy, mellow, sentimental, autumn, bittersweet, ethereal, hypnotic, breakup, lush, raw, atmospheric, longing, passionate

Cartooom! [Plus-Tech Squeeze Box, 2004]

favourite tracks:

1. THE mARTIN SHOW!!
2. CM#&'($_?>!
3. f(ake)
4. Hoky-Poky a.la.mode.

descriptors:

manic, playful, energetic, sampling, eclectic, quirky, happy, chaotic, surreal, complex, melodic, dense, futuristic, concept album, avant-garde, progressive, humorous, uplifting, noisy

Anzu no kisetsu [advantage Lucy, 2001]

favourite tracks:

1. Haircut
2. Colorful Set
3. Melody Apartment
4.

descriptors:

playful, lush, sentimental, energetic, happy, warm, uplifting, melodic, summer, bittersweet

Her Abiding Memory [Pitcher56, 2008]

favourite tracks:

1. Dewy Roses
2.
3.
4.

descriptors:

soothing, soft, aquatic, happy, playful, bittersweet, uplifting, lo-fi, hypnotic, lush, atmospheric, ethereal, surreal, spring, quirky, warm, futuristic

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart [The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, 2009]

favourite tracks:

1.
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3.
4.

descriptors:

noisy, energetic, love, romantic, warm, melodic, playful, passionate, bittersweet, sentimental, dense

Phony Phonic [capsule, 2003]

favourite tracks:

1. Phony Phonic
2. Cosmic Tone Cooking
3. Idol Fancy
4. Anti-Gravity Travel

descriptors:

eclectic, energetic, happy, playful, urban, instrumental, soft, uplifting, bittersweet

It's Love [The Softies, 1995]

favourite tracks:

1. It's Love
2. Hello Rain
3.
4.

descriptors:

soft, love, breakup, mellow, melancholic, sentimental, lonely, romantic, melodic, minimalistic, bittersweet, autumn, introspective, calm, soothing, urban

Super Miracle Circuit [Sonic Coaster Pop, 2004]

favourite tracks:

1.
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3.
4.

descriptors:

energetic, happy, futuristic, melodic, noisy, uplifting, quirky, summer, playful, dense, rhythmic, suite, space, surreal, complex, abstract, psychedelic, ethereal, concept album, manic

Romantico [800 Cherries, 1998]

favourite tracks:

1. Romantico
2. Honeydew Blue
3. Painty Paint Pots
4. Through

descriptors:

mellow, playful, summer, melodic, sentimental, warm, lo-fi, happy, soothing, psychedelic, bittersweet, optimistic, lush, seasonal