Style: Experimental, ambient, traditional Japanese
Primary Emotions/Themes: The least musical of the trilogy and the strangest by far
Thoughts: What if we took the principles laid out in the Kofu series and intermixed them with the strangeness and obscurity of Kwaidan? Well that is what Kofu III aims to investigate.
The music here is more obtuse than either of the previous entries in the Kofu series. The melodies are still there, but they are slower... as if listened to under water. The vocals are also still present, but again... more distorted... a bit stranger. The whole endeavor is just strange.
This is the hardest album of the trilogy to get into. It feels intentionally obtuse, as if challenging the listener to spend time with it or discard it at a whim. Out of all of Meitei's works this is the one I revisit the least. By no means is it bad, but I find myself wanting to listen to the other albums before this one more often than not.
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