FOR FANS OF: POLYSICS, Devo, Shinohara Tomoe
Synthpunk may be growing old here in the UK since
it's peak in the 1980s and 90s, but in Japan bands like POLYSICS and
the telephones are still managing to keep it alive to this day, and
with them comes a new breed of young talents attempting to rejuvenate
the genre.
This is RECORIDE (レコライド),
a Tokyo-based three piece that is melding the best of classic Western
and Japanese electro pop/rock and bringing it up to date with a
trendy makeover and new J-pop sounds. Basically if Cyndi Lauper,
Devo, and Yellow Magic Orchestra had some sort of weird hybrid baby,
you'd get RECORIDE. Formed in 2009 they have been making a name for
themselves with frontwoman Tatta's loud Shinohara Tomoe-esque vocal
stylings, Sasaki-Kissa's new wave tunes, and Hashimotte's technical
shreds, as well as their break-neck punk live shows, which in 2010
took them overseas to play alongside Taiwan's electro pop rebels GO
CHIC.
On July 17th the band released their
3rd LP 'FRESHLESS', their first full release in three
years, which boasts some of the hottest tracks of 2015 so far, as
well as a remix of 'mp3 of Stardust' from their 2012 album 'mp3 of
Death Throes' by new wave group PLASTICZOOMS frontman SHO ASAKAWA.
FRESHLESS is now available from CDJapan.co.jp,
and as a bonus, RECORIDE has recently started dropping their singles
onto iTunes,
so join the party.
LINKS:
- RECORIDE | Official Site
- 'FRESHLESS' RECORIDE | CDJapan
- RECORIDE | iTunes
- RECORIDE | Twitter
- RECORIDE | YouTube
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