Screaming used to define Haruna Kimishima’s work as Haru Nemuri. On third full-length, “ekkolaptomenos,” she dials it down.
“Over the past few years, it has sometimes felt like listeners expect me to scream,” the 30-year-old says. “When I feel expectations from others, I love to ... betray them.”
Kimishima may not be shredding her vocal cords the way she did on her first two albums, but “ekkolaptomenos” is still ferocious. Across 11 tracks, one of Japan’s most fiery performers reckons with the forces shaping modern life and looks for ways, in her words, “to fracture what feels unchangeable.”
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