Kaho Matsui - nightmare intercom (2026)
nightmare intercom operates through suggestion rather than immersion. Kaho Matsui assembles brief, lo-fi electronic gestures—glitches, soft tones, fragments of melody—that feel overheard rather than performed. The album’s strength is its economy: sounds arrive sparingly, leave space behind, and let silence do part of the compositional work.
What keeps this in the low-60s for you is control without escalation. The textures are carefully chosen and coherently sequenced, and the intimacy never tips into sentimentality. There’s a quiet focus here that rewards attentive listening, especially in how interruptions and imperfections become structural rather than decorative.
At the same time, the album rarely pushes beyond its established palette. The ideas remain small by design, and while that restraint is admirable, it limits the sense of discovery across repeat listens. You’re left with respect for the craft more than attachment to particular moments.
At 62, nightmare intercom reads as a subtle, well-judged work—effective in its chosen scale, disciplined in its means, and comfortably situated just above atmosphere without demanding a deeper reappraisal.
Genre: Folktronica
Country: US
Final Verdict: 62% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 10th / 14
Highlight: fake your death (feat. Deirdre)
Made me think of:
Hatis Noit
Carla dal Forno
Hollie Kenniff
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