Marcel Winatschek

KANA-BOON and the Specific Pain of Wanting What You Can’t Have

ないものねだり—nai mono nedari, coveting what’s out of reach—is one of those song titles that doubles as a philosophy. KANA-BOON, the Osaka four-piece who built their name on tightly wound guitar rock and choruses that arrive before you’ve had time to brace, delivered this as a reminder of what they do best: velocity, yearning, the feeling that something important is just slightly beyond your fingertips. The kind of track that loops in your head for three days and you don’t even try to stop it.