Tokyo pop-rock trio Bocchi give the ballad an unexpectedly fungal title with 黴 (Kabi — “Mould”), released September 23. At five minutes and eight seconds, it has room to linger—a fitting introduction to a band whose stated mission is to make music that keeps loneliness company.
There’s a quietly clever tension in that single kanji: mould suggests something left untouched, yet stubbornly alive. As a title, it makes an intriguing companion to Bocchi’s delicate, introspective identity. For the liner-note obsessives, their debut album featured a collaboration with Ohzora Kimishima—an illuminating connection for anyone tracing the trio’s taste for finely detailed songwriting. Heart-on-sleeve territory, with a microscope beside the pedalboard.
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