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2011年。SLOWTAPES(Belgium)よりアナログ盤オンリーでリリース。

New studio album by these Japanese heads, this one is sure to place your third eye right onto the eternal cosmic plane. Feels like spacing out in a hammock set between massively fucked-up, stripped-down mantra rhythms licking that sweet essence of crazed fuzz guitars and beautifully mellow acid ballads. A classic nocturnal journey into deep Tokyo psychedelica. Full-color artwork by Bart De Paepe, edition of 300 copies.
(SLOOW TAPES)

ミュージックマガジン2011年11月号
静岡県の浜松市を拠点に欧米でも演奏している９３年結成のサイケデリック・ロック・トリオ。
日本のアルケミー・レコードからのＣＤをはじめとして００年代の半ば以降コンスタントな音源発表を行っているが、これは長めの曲を五つ収めた最新のアルバムだ。
裸のラリーズに不失者のメロディアスな曲が混ざったかのごとき日本の”寒流サイケデリック”の流れを感じさせつつ、新世代ならではのギターの軋みをはじめとして”黒の世界”に収束した世界観とは一線を画すへヴィ・サウンドである。
反復演奏がメインのリズム隊は大阪のバンドのガラダマみたいに重く、SUNN O)))以降のドローンの要素も吸収したように全体がカオスティックに渦巻き、一方でアコースィックな歌ものも聴きどころ。水谷孝や吉野大作、ジャックス時代の早川義夫もおもいだす。
遠方から聞こえてくるヴォーカルの処理も含めて、青木智幸(Vo,G, Key)による立体的な録音等も特筆したい。
(行川和彦)

Volcanic Tongue
Tokyo psych monsters Up-Tight come out of the classically wasted/drug-damaged school of excessive fuzz and reverb, giving the nod to the endless jam style of Les Rallizes Denudes while spiking their sound with dark downer ballads that owe as much to The Jacks as they do to The Velvet Underground. The Night Is Yours is an edition of 300 copies LP that functions as the absolute apex of their catalogue to date, crossing beautiful comedown folk-psych moves with whole sides of extended scorch. Indeed, there’s a new focus on psychedelic ritual here, especially apparent on the staggering “She’s So Heavy” with choirs of disembodied monks chanting in the background while the bass ? played w/all of the thunderous power of Mik from Kousokuya ? marches the group ever forward and vocalist Tomoyuki hovers over the track like a wraith. If you can picture Spacemen 3 circa The Perfect Prescription produced by Ghost circa Temple Stone then you’re close to the outrageous levels of psychedelic excess captured here. Tomoyuki’s guitar tone has to be heard to be believed, with tactile garage punk crunch put to the service of endlessly euphoric orbits of three droning chords. Up-Tight have been responsible for a buncha the most memorable releases to come out of the post-PSF underground but this has to be their recorded pinnacle, the perfect balance of two chord Velvet downers and strung-out post-Rallizes string violence. One of our records of the year so far! Sloow Tapes are on a roll right now ? highly recommended!
(Tip Of The Tongue 2 July 2011)