"In a phenomenally rare, almost surreal turn of events, here is a legitimately fun instrumental/electronic album. There are no achingly long-winded band names, no story-length song titles, and no album art that’s either cutely hand-drawn or an attempt to capture the cosmically sublime on film. And though vocal samples do crop up, they’re never interviews with quasi-crazy homeless men. No, thankfully, Mushi Mushi combines instrumental rock, electronic flourishes, and samples in a legitimately enjoyable and unpretentious way in the group’s smartly-composed debut full-length, Sequins Save Lives. Right off the bat it’s clear that the band is having a good time, from the tongue-in-cheek track list ranging from the somewhat clever (“Attention Deficit Disco”) to the decidedly silly (“The Dietary Habits of the Byker Pigeon“), and the music follows suit with a frequently danceable mix of synths and guitar work, occasionally slipping into mathy workouts and surprisingly head-bangable riffing. Vocals are kept primarily to samples, like the mildly annoying “mushi mushi” loop on the eponymous track, but the live singing in “Insert Name Where Applicable” is slyly humorous and well done (and incredibly disarming when the listener realizes the fairly angelic female vocalist is singing “you’re going down to hell, fuckers”). Sequins really hits its stride in the higher octane numbers, especially in the slickly bass-driven “Burn That Tortoise” with its Lightning Bolt-style garbled vocals or i