New Music: Sakura – slow food

Hong Kong based musician Sakura (Sakura Katsuura Chow) drives shoegaze and dream pop sounds in some unexpected directions on her new single, slow food.

The food in question here is possibly food for thought, as the song’s protagonist recovers from an unspecified incident in an uncertain world. Detailing a series of sometimes troubling images over an arrangement that builds into waves of reverb-heavy but lightly-coloured dissonance, it might take a few listens to get a handle on what message, if any, Sakura is sending us. But then, in the modern world, that lack of an obvious and neat resolution is not unusual, and maybe that’s the point?

For further details on streaming slow food and for all the latest music news from Sakura, check out her Instagram feed.