lull, by T a F F Y

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1.	Kiko 01:00	buy track
2.	lull 04:53	buy track
3.	shhhhh 02:43	buy track
4.	ifonly 04:04	buy track
5.	Colour Me 03:49	buy track
6.	Five+ 02:58	buy track
7.	Prism 45 07:03	buy track
8.	Honey Milky Way 03:05	buy track
9.	Hairshirt 05:21	buy track

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Japanese indie-pop favourites taffy return with their sixth studio album ‘Lull’ on the 24th January via Club AC30. ‘Lull’ marks the band’s first release since the critically acclaimed 2019 album ‘Deep Dark Creep Love’.
‘Lull’ marks the first material from the band with new guitarist Rio Kato, who brings his own unique, inimitable style to the taffy sound. “He’s great at playing almost any style we choose, yet he has his own approach which turned out perfectly throughout the album. We have the usual taffy gems along with Rio’s style, so it’s taffy but kind of new taffy! I feel that this album is sensitive but quietly powerful,” says vocalist and guitarist Iris. The new album is the result of the coronavirus pandemic back in 2020. “During covid, we sadly lost some great artists and I myself have lost few of my loved ones. Not being able to meet in person for a long period of time, it felt as though it would go on forever. It made me realise who and what really matters to me. All those mixed emotions and feelings went into each and every one of the songs on the album,” she adds.

On the band’s first new material in six years, Iris continues, “I’ve missed the people, places, things, bands, shows, tours, just every little thing that we used to do and have, but at the same time I’ve also felt that everything and everyone was changing and what kept me going through those tough times were the people who showed love to taffy, so I really wanted to deliver the album as in a way of my appreciation.”

From the sweet, beguiling sounds of album title track ‘lull’ and jangly rhythms of ‘ifonly’, to the mesmeric rumblings of dream pop anthem ‘Colour Me’, taffy display a finely-tuned sense for melody. Elsewhere, the impossibly sweet vocals of lead singer Iris glide effortlessly on the charming ‘Prism 45’ before taffy offer an ethereal mixture of distorted guitars, feedback and volume on a tender
cover of R.E.M.’s ‘Hairshirt’.

Forming in 2011, taffy has built a glowing reputation in Japan and the UK within the shoegaze genre pioneered by bands including Ride, Lush, and Slowdive, and has been able to incorporate those influences into their own unique sound, gaining numerous plaudits along the way including The Guardian, NME, Clash and Dork and can count The Charlatan’s Tim Burgess as a fan.

taffy is Iris (vocals and guitars), Ken (drums and chorus), Takeshi (bass and chorus) and Rio (guitar and chorus).

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released January 24, 2025

The album was recorded at Sound Crew Studio, Tokyo with Toshiro Kai, taffy’s “fifth” member, who they have been working with since the band’s debut album ‘Caramel Sunset’, released in 2012.

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T a F F Y Tokyo, Japan

iris : vocal, guitar
ken : drums, chorus
takeshi : bass, chorus
rio : guitar, chorus

“Nothing short of splendorous”
NME

“Something tuneful and great"
The Guardian

“Smile
inducing bubblegum pop with punk guitar riffs”
NYLON

“Who would have ever thought that a Japanese indie band would
be at the forefront of a Britpop revival?"
GIGWISE ... more

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lull

Jan 2025
DEEP DARK CREEP LOVE

Jul 2019
NYCTOPHILIA

Apr 2017
Darkle

May 2015
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Jun 2014
Lixiviate

Jun 2013
Caramel Sunset

Apr 2012

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