For the record I liked コトフル before it was cool. Which is now. You can find them with name Kotofull from iTunes. But you can’t find their first album from there. I was told it is currently only from their live shows and their site. Which means it is not released internationally. Which means I can add it to my favorite albums of 2020 list if it is as good as what I have heard from them so far.
If I understood one of their tweet correctly they are have quite DIY attitude and don’t believe marketing too much. But that could be bad translation. Twitter’s translations are either bad or everyone in Japan is weird. I am not sure which one is correct. Their videos don’t look like DIY but they can have friends who know what they are doing. Except that graphics on shots supposed to be shot by video recorder they carry show ISO 100 and F5.6. That is not what you use in low light. ISO should be much higher and aperture should be somewhere around F1.4 to F2.8 if they want something that is not completely dark. ISO 100 and F5.6 don’t look like in those shots. Not problem for normal people but for someone knowing how these things work it is mild annoyance.
I hope full album comes available digitally soon. Their previous records are already on iTunes. Some Japanese bands like to release albums internationally later. So there is still hope.