Dim Lighting
Amidst the sometimes sweeping ambitions of the indie-dance scene, Fujiya & Miyagi seem content sticking with what they do best: creating extremely cool, understated electro-pop unabashedly influenced by a wide range of styles, from the Krautrock of Neu! to the minimalism of Philip Glass. It was this musical IQ that, along with the novelty of frontman David Best's vocals and lyrics, made Fujiya & Miyagi's previous album Transparent Things such a surprisingly enjoyable listen. Now the Brighton outfit is back with another, more subdued batch of songs that, though rather similar to those on its last record, does not quite match it in either intrigue or ambition.