Gutara Kyo

***Our global travels searching for the wildest rock’n’roll sounds in existence has so far only yielded one release from a Japanese band (Raydios), until now. To commemorate Slovenly 200, we present, from Kobe, GŪTARA KYŌ, and their self-titled vinyl debut on our Mondo Mongo imprint. Gutara Kyo (roughly translated: crazy slovenlies) reminds us of our earliest experiences with hardcore punk as teenagers, pulsing blood to the skull and clotting. There is a youthful fury and hilarity in every track, with painful, ear-piercing skree from start to finish, harnessing both the loose garage punk swagger of Teengenerate and the blistering hardcore attack of Los Crudos with MATSUMOTO-SAN shrieking in Japanese for the duration. Previously only available as a CD on Bakudan (JP), this new edition comes on a large-hole 10-inch platter and features an insert with lyrics translated to English by GREG SNAZZ. Mastered for vinyl by TIM WARREN. (STREET DATE - 12/01/2017)