The young Japanese musician Nao Kakimoto, former upstart and hot rookie of Akira Kosemura's roster, seems to keep his music likewise young since the first official accolades - his successful debut release was awarded at the "Fred Perry/Why?" contest by a commission which included Yukihiro Takahashi (YMO, pupa) as a judge -, so that even if he signed his fifth solo-album, his sound keeps on remaining so fresh that a title like "Brilliant Hopes" could make sense. Sometimes a listener could get the impression that he made songs which could feature a clip of some graduation ceremony or the demo songs for some cheap keyboard, but the remarkable sound editing behind his fragile and crystal-clear textures could let you forgive such a possible matching. Even if it can't be considered an overview of his music, it seems that Nao often retraces some moments of his previous four albums, but he wisely balance those moments by means of slightly new ideas, which get sometimes fostered by collaborative tracks and sonic "legacies" - the delicate voice by unmo on "Himitsu", the one by petitoto, who gives some sounds from toy electronics on "Lullaby", Affable Noise's guitar soun on "Joint" and Akira Kosemura's piano melodies on "Misty Moon" and the uplifting "Springlike" - without spoiling the distinguishing whimsy and childlike wonder and the narrative scheme that exude from his sound. The opening bridge between past and present style that he offers on the first two tracks ("Origin" and "Home") got mirrored by the last two tracks of the album, "Will", which reflects Nao's early works, and "Never End", which sounds like the prologue of an upcoming sonic story.