Kishi Bashi - ‘Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!'

In a strange kind of reverse-selling-out manoeuvre, Kishi Bashi wrote the chorus of this track for an advertisement before deciding it was worth fleshing it out into a full song for his fans - or so the story goes. If it’s true, we should be thankful he did. ‘Philosophize!’ is three-and-a-half minutes of pure pop bliss, and you will be reaching for the replay button before it’s even finished.

Having studied classical composition and being a trained violinist himself, Kishi Bashi’s strings-heavy arrangements have a classical bent to them, but his songs tend to sit comfortably inside an alt-pop classification, and this one is no exception.

Kishi Bashi is a fountain of relentless optimism, and ‘Philosophize!’ is the perfect cure to a sleepy Saturday morning.