Explosions in the Sky
Mono
Godspeed You Black Emperor
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Sounds Like
Musically, this is the bastard child of Thurston Moore and composer Henryck Gorecki and they have hired Robert Smith, circa 1990, as a nanny. For the most part the songs are vacant of lyrics, which is appealing and mysterious. Their music has been compared to Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, Sonic Youth and even composer Henryck Gorecki. The sound created by We’re From Japan! is elegant, dynamic, explosive and always compelling
The new record just released "48 minutes, 07 seconds, then the open air" is available for mailorder via www.jackpotrecords.com for a paltry amount. Listen...
Listening to We're From Japan! is much like driving down an empty wooded road in the middle of the night with the headlights shining on the yellow stripes coming at you three at a time. Long, sprawling, mesmerizing landscapes of guitars, bass and drums that roll by and each musical phrase is one you've just heard and each musical phrase is one you've heard before and each musical phrase is the next one and each musical phrase is the one before that. Even the subdued parts are a sustained, intense sonic assault. It makes me feel like I am always on the verge of some sort of great breakthrough. Like the moments leading up to the sun parting the clouds or when you are about to do something courageous or have an epiphany. Always the moment before release.
Review:
"We’re From Japan ease into their crisscrossing clean-guitar assault on “To Temple Grandin”
"We're From Japan take the Six Parts Seven instrumental approach to a new level of intensity, barreling down their sonic highway at alarming speeds with a gorgeous brunette in the bucket seat -- at least, that's my image. Equally impassioned-yet-under-control"
We are playing the Satyricon again on April 9th at 8:00 PM with The PLank Scale, Moses Smell the Roses, Colt Vista and You.May.Die.In.The.Desert. We really need to sell tix (THEY ARE ONLY $7.00, cheaper than door price) to this show to help out our standing with the club and keep our relationship flowing. We have some more new material to debut and a new EP on sale. So, please pick up a pair tix, we will even deliver them, just call 503-490-2608 and ask for Chris and I will bring them by. thanks so much.
