Hands down one of the most exciting bands in Japan right now. Hailing from the Kansai scum rock scene (which also recently spawned Afrirampo), Oshiri Penpenz have exploded the Japanese underground with the same sort of ingeniously sloppy No Wave that made Pussy Galore so vital; a rickety clatter filled with hoarse, shouted vocals, scattered drum shots, and sharp, percussive guitar scrapings. They have a wild reputation as the best live band in Japan right now: "most violent rock action in Japan" was how JOJO of Hijokaidan described them, and he would know. This is there debut CD proper on Alchemy. Highly recommended.

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