Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Genre: Electronic
Why We're Excited: The Japanese electro-pop band yahyel loves a slow burn — and a big payoff. "TAO" plinks and hums and meanders along hypnotically for quite some time on its way to a frenzied jam, the intensity of which is bound to be multiplied on the live stage. But the group's songs don't typically play out quite the way you expect them to: Even when you sense that they're wending and weaving their way toward chaos, they often land at a spot that's every bit as strange and off-kilter as the journey.
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