Read this excerpt from Leonard's Lair: "Fresh from last year's well-received 'Soft Focus' album, Oppressed By The Line (or Jon Thompson to give him his real name) has wasted little time in releasing the follow-up as well as managing his own Drifting Falling label. For his latest venture, Thompson used an excursion to Japan as the inspiration for the songs. 'Kiku' is the result and it's a nocturnal delight expressed via the medium of shoegaze and electronica."