Caroline - Murmurs

Maybe it's a Japanese thing, but the cover and sleeve design for Murmurs reminds me of those for Tujiko Noriko's Make Me Hard and Shojo Toshi. Indeed, Murmurs is a bit like a whole album of "White Film"s as done by a far more sweet-voiced vocalist (exhibit A: "Where's My Love", one of the softest, most sheerly lovely electro-pop things you'll ever hear); edgy it isn't, but all of the soft-toned textures and wide-eyed drifting don't come at the expense of proper melodies and interesting decoration...it's nice.