I hadn’t heard of Mika Nakashima before checking out her Over Load single from earlier this year, but she’s apparently been around for awhile. She has an interesting story, skipping both high school and college to pursue modeling and singing from an early age, and landing her big break at age 17. She’s gone on to release 6 studio albums and 30 singles, so I guess she’s somebody that J-pop fans should be familiar with.
The Over Load single in particular was released earlier in 2009 while Nakashima was on tour. “Over Load” and the B-side, “No Answer,” sport a surprisingly heavy electronic sound that I was immediately attracted to, and based on her extensive discography it seems I have a lot of catching up to do!
In the meantime, hit the jump for our impressions of her Over Load single. (more…)
