Asobi Seksu - Me & Mary

What this video is

Released November 18, 2008, 'Me & Mary' arrived as the lead single previewing Asobi Seksu's third studio album Hush (Polyvinyl Records, February 2009), a record that marked a deliberate pivot from the dense, distortion-heavy shoegaze of their celebrated 2006 album Citrus toward a more restrained, atmospheric dream pop sound. The band — anchored by Yuki Chikudate's bilingual English-and-Japanese vocals and James…

Why it matters

Asobi Seksu were among the most critically recognized third-generation shoegaze acts of the 2000s, and 'Me & Mary' represents their most accessible crossover moment. The single demonstrated how shoegaze aesthetics could be metabolized through Polyvinyl-era indie pop without sacrificing textural…