With the fall leaves coming upon us that also means a brand new Ongaku Go is also with us. We at OTY would like our readers to know what was filling our ears for the past month. Each track is available across all digital music streaming platforms with Apple Music featured on this site.

“about the future” by Tavito Nanao
Tavito Nanao is a bit of enigma for me as I had only listened to one track in his discography prior to his Long Voyage album release earlier in the month. While the album as a whole was a delight to go through, I pretty much reintroduce myself to Nanao’s style, “about the future” really had stood out to me. Either it’s the message that he is trying to convey in his lyrics or the very minimalistic style of composition that Nanao used for this track, it was an instant hit for me. While this is a very small slice of his discography overall, I really look forward into diving into all his tracks and falling in love all over again.

Be sure to check out the video below and the track here!

“Puzzle” feat Mukai Taichi by Rung Hyang

Honestly as soon as I saw the name of both Rung Hyang and Mukai Taichi in the artist list I knew that I was going to really like this release. Hyang’s collaborative work is always absolutely fantastic, and when you add the amazing vocal prowess of Taichi, there is no chance that I wouldn’t love this. Even if “Puzzle” is the only release done by the duo, I am glad to have been able to listen to it.

Be sure to check out the music video for “Puzzle” below along with the song here!

“Cypher” by Soulflex

Speaking of things to just jive with, Soulflex’s latest album Beat Tape overall is absolutely fantastic and I was impressed by the overall feel of the album. One of then things that had really stood out to me from the album was the pair of tracks “Cypher” and “Spinach” and while it’s located differently on the album track listing, it felt like it was meant to be back to back of each other. The former specifically really stood out to me due to the overall consistency of the song and had felt like the band was firing on all cylinders, even if there were no vocals throughout the song. While I’m not sure if this will be the last release of the year done be Soulflex, but it was a damn good one to end the year on.

Check out “Cypher” below along with the track here!

“Look Around” by YeYe

YeYe is always such an interesting project to go back to when she does release something, and the Hamidete! album is such proof of that. While it might not be the strongest song of the release, “Look Around” has its charm of wonderment that just oozes from it. Hashiguchi’s vocals just leave this haunting performance that lingers well after I had listened to it and had left such an impression on me that I haven’t felt since “Yure Yure” back in 2018. YeYe has really kept herself busy throughout the last couple years and I can’t wait to hear what she has cooked up next.

Be sure to check out “Look Around” here!

“Hitori no Yoru” by TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Yeah, I know I’m am just as surprised by this development as you, if you were to ask if I’d be picking a Korean artist’s track in my Ongaku Go in the beginning of the year I’d call you crazy but here we are. All jokes aside, “Hitori no Yoru” is absolutely amazing, and that is reliant on one thing and that is their vocals. I already know that TOMORROW X TOGETHER has some amazing vocals. If you just strip down the composition to a ballad like state and have the boys do their work, it will be a win all the time. Although I do know that this isn’t a common occurrence for them, I will take this as a small win of them winning me over.

Check out “Hitori no Yoru” below along with the track here!

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