少女人形 - 愛の嵐

愛の嵐 is an incredible album by 少女人形, a hardcore band with many post-punk influences. though they didn't start out as a band with any post-punk influences, by this album they had become very post-punk. that actually seems to be a common theme with hardcore bands in japan (even The Stalin put out a post-punk album (FISH INN)).

everything about this is perfect. one of my favorite albums as of late.


1. Lost Lost
2. Inside Reality
3. Kill Age
4. Shining
5. Moon Light Love


ENJOY

ＡＳＹＬＵＭ - FAREWELL (TO LOVELY...)

ＡＳＹＬＵＭ was a hardcore and post-punk band from the late 1980s and early 1990s. although they did poof up their hair and put on makeup, they had very little to do with other bands from the proto-visual kei scene. they sound more like a mix between YBO², GASTUNK, and ＳＯＤＯＭ (and are similar to ＳＯＤＯＭ and GASTUNK in that all three wore makeup and played a form of hardcore).

unlike the other two, however, ＡＳＹＬＵＭ's sound was much more influenced by post-punk (ＳＯＤＯＭ did briefly experiment with post-punk before moving onto . . . something else). also, unless i'm mistaken, there's most certainly a prog influence.

i've been listening to them quite a bit lately, and you should, too.

1. Nothin' To Be A Friend
2. White Dreamer
3. Farewell
4. 幸福の終りに
5. Out In The Street
6. 哀願
7. Esa
8. Incest
9. 夢宴
10. Finale
11. Christmas N.G.
12. Tybe Vatamia Platami


ENJOY