The fin.’s EP ‘Through The Deep’ Out Today June 3rd + Support Tour To ‘All We Are’ Announced

Japan’s sleek dream-pop quartet The fin.’s EP ‘Through The Deep’ Is Out Today, June 3rd

+ announce of the ALL WE ARE support tour

“An essential new release to get obsessed with” DIY

“The dreamy quality of their melodies is a new perspective” Fred Perry Subculture

“The fin. match hazy, atmospheric synthetic sound to gorgeous pop melodies” Clash

“Dazzlingly pretty” Little Indie Blogs

The five-track ‘Through The Deep’ EP, mastered by Joe Lambert (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Warpaint), is the band’s second to be released in the UK, is out today, June 3rd on Lost In The Manor records.

There’s a theme running through the beauteous new EP by The fin. that permeates more than just the song titles. Oceanic imagery features heavily in Yuto Uchino’s lyrics, as references to ship, shore and submersion loom large. The singer articulates these tales of impermanence and transition to a shimmering, sophisticated indie art-pop backing that will be familiar to fin. fans, even though there’s a greater electronic influence to this EP, as synths carry more of the weight, melodically and rhythmically.

Opener ‘White Breath’ builds on its vehement piano/vocal intro to envelop a cropped hypnotic groove with springy keyboard stabs, dubby fx and, of course, Uchino’s soaring harmonies. “I saw you jumped into the sea/What could you see from there?” the singer then questions to the symphonic arpeggios of ‘Divers’, set to a characteristically minimalist beat and crunchy bassline that segues into a second act of controlled yet quietly euphoric trance-pop.

The title track, ‘Through The Deep’ opens with a swell of surf guitar and thump of percussive kick drum that evolves into a stylish, deceptively complex composition that hums with sonic exploration and an ambient energy that will only tease the listener with its brevity. Even shorter is the 67 seconds of ‘Heat’, which finds The fin. at their most stripped down, just a wash of sine-waves, a sparkling melodic refrain and Yuto’s distinctive tones proclaiming the sudden onset of intensity. Finally, ‘Anchorless Ship’ is a modest masterwork of smooth, uncluttered funk built on a sustained pulse resembling the sonar ping of a submarine’s radar. A wash of synth then announces a change of course towards the tune’s expansive, ecstatic coda, as Yuto sings about deeper immersion in dreams.

Watch ‘Through The Deep’:

The compelling video to ‘Through The Deep’ depicts a colourful traveller in a post-apocalyptic landscape, who happens upon a decrepit fairground and its ageing inhabitant. It’s a video full of grace, space and mystique, and as such is the perfect accompaniment to the ethereal wonder of The fin.’s new EP.

Tracklisting for Through The DeepWhite Breath

Divers

Through The Deep

Heat

Anchorless Ship

See The fin. Live

June

09 Hong Kong – Hang Out

10 Taipei, Taiwan – THE WALL

16 Sendai, JP – CLUB SHAFT – All We Are Support

17 Tokyo, JP – CIRCUS TOKYO – All We Are Support

18 Shizuoka, JP – FREAKSHOW – All We Are Support