After the disappointment of New Season I lowered my expectations for Piano Lesson down by about 10 notches but it turns out I didn’t need to do that at all.

Piano Lesson features 8 hand-picked tracks from the group’s back catalogue and as the album title suggests, they’re given lush new piano-led arrangements in collaboration with ex-Kukikodan member Koyama Izumi. I was prepared to be bored to death but instead, I’m enthralled with how songs like nano and inc. turned out. ‘Beautiful’ may be an understatement.

No longer complaining ‘bout Spangle call Lilli line rehashing their material to death - especially not if they’re as good as Piano Lesson is.