Spots is the fourth full-length from Joasihno, who have long moved back and forth between lo-fi and sci-fi, retro electronica and contemporary music. The tracks work like Rube Goldberg machines set in motion by strings, glitches and blippy sounds. The pastoral, cute movement of the sounds—like an old robot given a soul—is utterly endearing, and there's a quiet DIY madness here that couldn't care less about automation: indietronica at its cutting edge. With a cinematic air about it too, this is an excellent record that should also reach fans of Japanese ambient. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)