“Kamakura” is Fish Magic‘s 4th studio album, it features 11 tracks recorded by Mario Quindere. The recording period was not an easy one for Mário, who had to endure the loss of many friends: Johnny Hansen (member of post-punk Brazilian synthpop band Harry), his closer friend Oldon Machado and Beatriz Lamego (from midsummer madness’ bands Drivellers, Stellar).

The album title refers to the first Japanese capital, one that Mario never visited but became a fond memory from a book he kept reading during some illness times in his childhood. “Kamakura” was recorded in Rio de Janeiro with the help of Regis Damasceno, from Mr-Spaceman, and is released only in digital format. The bonus is a music video produced by visual artist Saulo Castor for the opening track “Youth”:

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Meanwhile, Janglepop Hub wrote this review for the album: “At its most buoyant the strains of early 14 Iced Bears, Aztec Camera and Rod Frame‘s solo work, course through the vibrant jangled riffs of single lead Youth and Everything Must Go. The vibe of such tracks is only an addition of subtle cinematics and theatrics away from Let Their Be Light and Up In The Air, which have an Echo and the Bunnymen sense of ‘subtle massive’ about them.

When the tempo reduces a tad, the jangly indie-pop of the Grant McLennan sound surfaces in I Still Don’t Where I Belong, Ocean Floor, Give It All Away and Brittle. All furtive, understated introspection and subtle jangly guitar-pop, as a collective this sound represents the best of the album.

Surprisingly, the outlier of Kamakura is the absolute stand-out of Serenade. Assuming the fragile, twinkling jangle-pop of the Trembling Blue Stars the listener goes through various angles of stunning a two-and-a-half minute journey of instrumental beauty.

This fourth album from Fish Magic is undoubtedly his best“