You are hurting my ears. Impressions: Japan, I know you like to use recorders in music to evoke elementary school, youth, innocence, whatever, but you gotta stop. They are discordant monstrosities that should not exist, in school, in music, in the world. This didn't make the best first impression by quietly announcing "So there's […]
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