Description
SLEEVE: NM- MEDIA: NM- YEAR: 1985 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi, Insert, Gatefold
Harmony (1985) is a shimmering example of mid-’80s Japanese city pop at its most elegant and heartfelt. The album blends breezy pop melodies, jazzy chord progressions, and subtly sophisticated production — a hallmark of the city pop golden age. Epo’s voice is warm and crystalline, gliding effortlessly over polished arrangements full of electric piano, tight rhythm sections, and lush synth textures. Beneath its smooth surface lies a deep emotional core: songs about love, nostalgia, and fleeting moments of connection, rendered with both optimism and melancholy. Harmony feels like a summer evening captured in sound — refined yet sentimental, cosmopolitan yet deeply human — and stands as one of Epo’s most cohesive and enduring works.