赤痢 - PUSH PUSH BABY

kyoto's 赤痢 are a simplistic punk-rock band from the late 80s/early 90s (my favorite era of music, as this blog would suggest). there's nothing terribly new or exciting about 赤痢's music. most of it is fairly standard punk-rock. the part that is absolutely fucking amazing, though, is the vocalist's completely dry vocal delivery. it's fascinating how she manages to sound bored the entire record.

that almost sounds like a bad thing, i know, but you really have to check this out. it's incredible.

1. PANCH
2. GORILLA
3. VERY GOOD
4. HAPPY NEW YEAR
5. ORE NO DOJI
6. DABA


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ＲＥＢＥＣＣＡ - TIME

ＲＥＢＥＣＣＡ was an incredibly popular pop-rock group that lasted from 1984 to 1989. they played synth-tinged pop-rock that was almost borderlining the sort of pop that the idols were making (which is a-okay as far as i'm concerned). REBECCA's music was tinged with the most delicate, softest emotions. a personal favorite of mine (not on this album) is their legendary "Friends" track. that shit fucking blew me away the first time i heard it, and then the accompanying video really brought the whole thing home. absolutely crushed. that may be because i know the lyrics; though the video ends with Nokko reuniting with her band, the lyrics do not come to such a conclusion. instead, she sings, "we can never go back, oh, friends / you seem further away than everyone else / we were always running, oh friends / i loved that look in your eyes . . . "

this album is another spectacular piece of emotionally poignant pop. the best track for me is the longing ホワイト・サンデイ (or "White Sunday"). the delicate acoustic guitar strumming away under the synth line is so somber, so gentle. incredible.


1. ホエン・ア・ウーマン・ラヴズ・ア・マン
2. ロンリー・バタフライ
3. タイム
4. (イッツ・ジャスト・ア)スマイル
5. ガール・スクール
6. ボス・イズ・オールウェイズ・ボッシング
7. チープ・ヒッピーズ
8. ホワイト・サンデイ
9. ネヴァー・トールド・ユー・バット・アイ・ラヴ・ユー


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G-Schmitt - LSD

LSD is a single by G-SCHMITT. the a-side of this single is possibly my favorite song by this incredible band. mostly it's syoko's masterful vocal delivery (her low, breathy, moaning just drives me up the fucking waaalllllllllll). the best part, as far as i'm concerned, is her frantic repetition of "L S D, L S D, L S D!" at the end. incredible.

the b-side is pretty great, too, but it can't compare to the a-side.


1. LSD
2. Rudy II


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LOOKING BACK (intro to sex revisited)

while this blog has yet to reach it's first anniversary, it's still the beginning of a new year. time for retrospection.

in my first post on this blog i stated that i would focus on noise, power electronics, and pop. while i have fulfilled the latter of those three genres, this blog is severely lacking in noise and power electronics. this is due to the fact that i'd rather not post something that i was able to find with a simple google search. that doesn't really help you, and certainly doesn't make this blog very useful. instead, i have focused on pop and post-punk (and new wave, if you believe that is indeed an actual genre, and not just a movement) from the deeper annals of japan. i'm certainly satisfied with what i've shared so far.

enjoy another year of Softly Sleeping Rose.

all my best to you, with love
- Loser Knife

Ｓｔｉｌｌ - REAL TIME 7"

Ｓｔｉｌｌ (if you use last.fm then scrobble it thus {in unicode}, that we may bump up the listeners from just two) were a synthpop/post-punk act from the 1980s. they only made like one EP and then this 7". i've heard they also appeared on a compilation.

anyways, this is really great stuff. kinda reminds me of G-SCHMITT if they were more pop inspired.


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奇形児 - PLASTIC SCANDAL

PLASTIC SCANDAL is an EP by early 1980s noisy punk band 奇形児. their brand of punk reminds me of Gauze, but also The Stalin's FISH INN album. you should enjoy it if you're into obscure, lo-fi punk from 1980s japan.


1. Plastic Loves
2. 1983
3. 煩悶
4. 孤独のワルツ


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