Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988 CD xx1984 I guess that works

I guess that works

the album put Ike Yard's indelible mark on the synth-driven experimental rock scene then emerging all over the planet

churning out spastic

MARK LEAVITT and guitarist GREG KUTCHER

Cube has a pluralistic approach that folds together decades of different underground music dialects in a way that feels remarkably cohesive

Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds Of Japan 1980-1988 CD xx1984 I guess that worksEarly on in the liner notes for this new LitA comp, Mark Frosty McNeil situates the music collected on Somewhere Between within the economic bubble of 1980s Japan. I guess such a statement suggests that the comp will be populated by schmick pop, futuristic synth tech, New Wavey optimism, all skewed a little off kilter as these private press digging comps often are (a la Efficient Spaces classic Sky Girl). While theres plenty of that, theres also a