Kumoyo Island is the fifth and final studio album by Japanese psychedelic rock band Kikagaku Moyo. It was released on May 6, 2022 through the band's Guruguru Brain label.
Due to COVID19 lockdowns in Amsterdam, where the band was based, Kikagaku Moyo returned to Tsubame Studios in Asakusabashi, Tokyo. This is the studio where they had recorded some of their earliest material. The album was recorded over 1.5 months from November 2020 to January 2021.
Kumoyo Island received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".
Pitchfork described Kumoyo Island as a " farewell album that feels like both a reinvention and a culmination."
Chris Deville of Stereogum said "it rivals 2018âÂÂs Masana Temples as the groupâÂÂs finest album, and it may well be the most fun." Stereogum awarded it their Album of the Week.
Produced by Kikagaku Moyo<br> Tracks 4,5,6 mixed by Hideki Urawa<br> All other songs mixed by Yui Kimijima<br> Mastered by Soushi Mizuno