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MR 353LP
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LP version. The Japanese Girl is a Portuguese band formed in late December 2013 by Bruno Sousa, Corinna Sousa, and Emanuel Cunha. Starting with two guitars, an organ, and vintage drum machines, they immediately forged a raw and powerful sound somewhere between garage rock and psych lo-fi, and have since been joined by a drummer hammering through their opiated layers of reverb. Their intense, noise-filled live performances are accompanied by mysterious visual elements, and in addition to their own shows as headliners the band has played with Jacco Gardner, The Wand, and Girls Names, and as part of the Reverence Festival Party. In early 2015 they recorded their debut album, Sonic-Shaped Life. It was put down on tape at Estúdios Sá da Bandeira in Porto, Portugal, by Cláudio Tavares and João Brandão and mastered by Miguel Pinheiro Marques at SDB Mastering. Lead single "You Should Have Switches," released in September 2015 (MR 7271EP), gave the first clues about their own brand of hypnotic rock, where pulsating psychedelia, droney garage, and shimmering, trippy pop provide the setting for haunting compositions, catchy hooks, and engaging melodies. Over the course of ten tracks, the band sounds commanding in the darker passages and punked-up outbursts, while shining in the more sunny moments; the flow and pace of the album make for a wholly entrancing listen.
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MR 353CD
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The Japanese Girl is a Portuguese band formed in late December 2013 by Bruno Sousa, Corinna Sousa, and Emanuel Cunha. Starting with two guitars, an organ, and vintage drum machines, they immediately forged a raw and powerful sound somewhere between garage rock and psych lo-fi, and have since been joined by a drummer hammering through their opiated layers of reverb. Their intense, noise-filled live performances are accompanied by mysterious visual elements, and in addition to their own shows as headliners the band has played with Jacco Gardner, The Wand, and Girls Names, and as part of the Reverence Festival Party. In early 2015 they recorded their debut album, Sonic-Shaped Life. It was put down on tape at Estúdios Sá da Bandeira in Porto, Portugal, by Cláudio Tavares and João Brandão and mastered by Miguel Pinheiro Marques at SDB Mastering. Lead single "You Should Have Switches," released in September 2015 (MR 7271EP), gave the first clues about their own brand of hypnotic rock, where pulsating psychedelia, droney garage, and shimmering, trippy pop provide the setting for haunting compositions, catchy hooks, and engaging melodies. Over the course of ten tracks, the band sounds commanding in the darker passages and punked-up outbursts, while shining in the more sunny moments; the flow and pace of the album make for a wholly entrancing listen.
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MR 7271EP
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Portuguese band The Japanese Girl forged a raw, powerful sound somewhere between garage rock and psych lo-fi with two guitars, an organ, and vintage drum machines; they have since been joined by a drummer who hammers through their opiated layers of reverb. They have played with Jacco Gardner, The Wand, and Girls Names, and as part of the Reverence Festival Party. This 7" features "You Should Have Switches," which sits somewhere between early The Jesus and Mary Chain and Thee Oh Sees, taken from their 2015 Sonic-Shaped Life album (forthcoming at the time of this release). It's backed by an exclusive, unexpected version of Pete Shelley's "Telephone Operator."
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