Whiteout Bite It CD - Import

blogspot Neo Wave Nastros is a compilation of 4 bands from the Neo Wave of Japanese punk. These bands have taken the best elements of late 70's punk and accentuated them to create a newer, sleeker, more fuel-efficient model for export. Each band contributes 3 songs, the idea sort of being four 7" singles in one release. First up is the manic energy of nanoX, a four-piece of bass, drums, guitar, and organ. The organ gives it a bit of XTC-style new wavey feel, with snatches of decipherable lyrics about "molecules" and "switching on." The band sets up a sound with the first two comparatively conventional song structures -- fast and fun -- then departs dramatically for the third, "Game Boys," a dark, spiraling near-instrumental. Second is The Climax, easily the best-named band in Japan. Minoru Imagination on drums, Hatsui Romantic on guitar, Man Humane on bass, Billy-O Jones on guitar & vocals. The songs are both tough and poppy with a touch of Oi! in the choruses, and feature some of the most comprehensible English in Japan, such as the excellently crude "I used to look for a good fuck -- sick of fucks" on "Cliinex." Third is Joystax, the fun of destruction. They're not afraid of some sonic experimentation, with crashes of amp clatter that sound like an explosion or a CD cleaning machine processed to sound like outer space, all woven into their sharp, aggressive, surprisingly ...