3776 - Saijiki (2019) [Hi-Res]

3776 gave us one of the most interesting concept albums of the year this year- a musical calendar. I’m going to quote Malkie from JPS because they can explain it better than I could ever:
“Each second of music on the album represents two hours exactly and the entire album represents one leap year. Each track is a month. Tracks 1,3,5,7,8,10,12 run for 6.12 (31 days), track 2 is 5.48 (29 days in this case), tracks 4,6,9,11 are 6 minutes precisely (30 days).”
Those months are all based in Japan, and have sounds that are traditional to those months, such as carnival sounds, festival music, summery and wintery songs etc. It’s a real wonder to behold such bold musical experimentation- and it set Rate Your Music on fire when it was first released. A must hear, if for the concept alone.