If 4 Bonjour’s Parties were pound puppies, you’d be hard-pressed picking out which one to take home with you. There’s the lead vocalists, Koji Ueno and Ayumu Haitani, with their big floppy ears and stickered suitcases full of glockens, bongos, rap tops and ‘noise’. Don’t forget Daisuke Kurihara, with his glossy locks and beatific bass-playing. Yukiko Hamada and Tomomi Shikano? Stars in their eyes, wind instruments under their arms. Masashi Tabei prefers snaps, sax, and Indian curry. Nature and nekos are the guitar player’s favourites. With such an adorable assemblage, it’s no wonder that what we hear is cotton-candy pop, that they describe as “sweet, sometimes drowsy” [read more]