VINYL FORMAT. Five years, 1000 shows later, Japanther enters into legendary territory, naturally combining catchy hooks, heart pounding beats and frenetic energy with DIY aesthetics. Their fifth full length delivers the goods: from the opening notes of the first track you realize that Japanther have taken it now one step further and have delivered an album that combine their studio promise with their razor live shows.

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VINYL FORMAT. Japanther's always been a band of contrasts. They exist halfway in the world of performance art, and halfway in that of DIY punk. They get called to compose and perform soundtracks to puppet rock operas and then do a tour comprising largely house shows. They get funded to curate huge video/dance/music shows for well known New York Museums, and then release their music only via DIY/independent labels. Keeping that tradition of contrast alive the lads have teamed up with (Crass co-founder) Penny   [ read more ]

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Japanther are the Brooklyn noise-fuzz duo, formed as a senior project while the two participants were completing art school. While they often refer to themselves as "more of an art project than a band" Japanther gets points for making some of the most memorable, hummable and fun music of any art project in recent memory. Japanther is part Screamers intensity, part Misfits anthemery, part RZA samples/beats and part Lightning Bolt art/freakshow.

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