This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Few bands embody their names as perfectly as Portland space rockers Yume Bitsu, whose handle is Japanese for “dream beats.”
And even fewer personify their album cover art as exactly this trio does on its eponymously titled sophomore CD, whose front features a shot of menacing storm clouds on the horizon. Like Mogwai, Sonic Youth and other guitar-noise experimenters, the mostly instrumental YB conjures up slow, drifting waves of sound that hang ringing in the air — and then gradually coalesce into brooding shadows that explode with thunderous sonic fury before dissipating back into misty remains. This is the kind of album to listen to in your bedroom on headphones late at night on low volume. Hey, don’t take my word for it; the bandmembers say so themselves in the CD book. And it’s obvious they know what they’re talking about.
