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| | | palindrone (new zealand) #pa 002 lp masami kawaguchi / new rock syndicate “cat vs. frog” long playing record - (theme from) new rock syndicate (4:39)
- from the dream (6:39)
- oblivion (3:46)
- melt (4:07)
- echo (9:34)
- fading out (8:14)
- melt (reprise) (2:21)
| march 2008 release ; only the second on stephen “seht” clover’s new palindrone label (the first was the stumps’ lp) partially reissuing a 2006 micro-pressed / self-released cdr by masami kawaguchi’s new rock syndicate (originally on kawaguchi’s purifiva) - for all intents & purposes, essentially, this is their debut album ...
kawaguchi’s name should be familiar to you if you’ve been following the most recent rogue wave of “tokyo flashback” lineage groups - he’s a member not just of lsd march, but also miminokoto and broomdusters - but here, as a leader, despite a few detours into high-rise-lineage rock-trio blow-out-dom, kawaguchi reins the band in, staying closer to the kinds of extended two-chord vamps & echo-box vocalizations/episodic single-note soloing of takashi mizutani’s les rallizes denudes / hadaka no rallizes ...
really beautiful, soaring stuff ... if the ocean-swept private-universe psych of lsd march touches you in a private, aesthetic place, this will do the same. highly recommended !!! |
| | palindrone press release... |
| kawaguchi masami's new rock syndicate
cat vs. frog lp
white vinyl lp in printed cardboard sleeve
edition of 500 copies
jacket and label artwork by acclaimed german artist sandra schmidt (now resident in new zealand)
palindrone recordings are proud to announce our second release, and the debut lp by kawaguchi masami's new rock syndicate, cat vs. frog (palp002).
kawaguchi masami is a japanese guitar monster* who has done time in miminokoto, lsd march, and broomdusters, and played with keiji haino for a time. this, his new band, also features bassist akira kikuchi and drummer nao shibata (hijokaidan, doodles). a track by new rock syndicate featured on the recent psf compilation tokyo flashback vol. 6.
the new album is called cat vs. frog and clocks in at around 40 min. it's exceptional wailing, burning garage psych-rock grounded in kawaguchi’s trademark heartbreakingingly melancholic emotional intensity, instantly-hummable, head-nodding toe-tapping riffs and melodies and unavoidably air-guitaring white light, white heat guitar solos. cat vs. frog is pressed on white vinyl, in an edition of 500. the cover art (by german artist sandra schmidt) is entitled "oms, involved in a battle". there’s a battle going on all right; it’s the eternal battle for the rockin’ hearts and psychedelic souls of all mankind. led by heroes such as masami, the good will surely prevail over the evils of second-rate pap.
* according to mason jones; however we concur 100% |
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