KataConor's Weekly Listening List #8 - KataConor
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The Second Coming
Last week’s releases were absolutely gigantic and it seems that this week’s releases are no different. Over the past few days fans have been treated to new music from bands such as cephalo, Summer Eye, 旧市街, Fennel, and MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS, and it’s releases like this that have been cementing August 2026 as one of the best months for Jrock releases ever. Want to hear me discuss more Japanese music? Check out my YouTube channel where I do just that! For almost a decade, I have had MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS’s 2018 album No New World constantly hovering in my top 3 Japanese albums…
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