Filled with glitchy synthesizers, tribal drums, and drowning vocals that pulsate over a droning beat, the track begs the listener to lose themselves in the music. There are definitely some elements of Animal Collective’s Campfire Songs thrown in, along with some delayed guitar shoegaze aesthetic, which comes together for a very interesting listen". "Japanese Gum’s new single “Homesick” is layered
with ethereal echoed sounds, hypnotic vocals, a medley of different percussion, and synthesizers creating a celestial shoegazing soundscape". "Celestial overtures, hulking trip hop beats and ethereal tranced out motifs that for all the world make your skull innards feel as though they are dissolving, what can this all mean. In short new thing from ambient psychedelicists Japanese gum – a duo hailing from Genova, Italy and featuring the collective mindset of Messers Tortora and Cedolin who together manage to weave a seriously out there and woozy trip-a-delic tapestry that’s forged from elements of Lemon Jelly and Aloof albeit threaded through the kaleidoscopic spin dryer of a ‘danse manatee’ era Animal Collective and delivered into a star dimpled dream pop symphonia – " Losing Today.
