YAKUZA’S “THE LAST DAY” IS A JOURNEY

There’s a new Yakuza song called “The Last Day” now streaming over at Pitchfork, and I gotta say, PHEW!, it is an exhausting listen. I mean that as a compliment; the track goes to place I never could have predicted at its start, but it does so with such ease that changes always feel smooth. It’s kind of like if you were hiking through a forest and all of a sudden you found yourself walking on a tundra instead, only you’re not all, “Whoa! Fuck did this tundra come from?”, you’re more like, “Hey dudes, did you notice that we’re suddenly walking along a tundra?” That makes sense, right?

Tundra here, then weigh in with your thoughts in the comments section below. “The Last Day” will appear on Yakuza’s new album, Beyul, which comes out October 16 on Profound Lore, with a vinyl edition to follow on November 13 courtesy of Gravedancer.

-AR