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[pre-order] gauge means nothing - "残響も失せた過去と諦めに彩られた未来に" (LP)

[pre-order] gauge means nothing - "残響も失せた過去と諦めに彩られた未来に" (LP)

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リリース日:11月下旬予定となっていますが遅延する可能性があります。
300枚プレス予定、USのMeatCubeと日本の3LAによる共同リリースでのリイシューになります。

Variants:
“Same Sky” variant -> meatcube exclusive
“Plagued Future” variant -> 3la exclusive

[ENGLISH]

Out of print for over two decades, the debut EP from Tokyo, Japan’s Gauge Means Nothing is finally getting repressed. This visionary emotional hardcore masterpiece is more relevant now than ever. 

The repress contains an expanded track list, bringing the song “Pilgrims” to vinyl for the first time ever! All the tracks have also been remastered to bring out even more clarity. The repress will come in two vinyl variants: the “same sky” variant is exclusive to MeatCubeLabel in the USA, and the “plagued future” variant is exclusive to 3LA in Japan. The total pressing is limited to 300 copies (just like the original) so make sure to grab this piece of Japanese Screamo history before it’s gone again!

The DIY spirit and impulse of nobodies, desperately trying to become something.

A historically significant work of 2000s Japanese screamo/skramz that directly absorbed and interpreted the atmosphere of the 90s emotional hardcore dawn, striking deep into the heart. Following remastering, a 2026 reissue has been confirmed for release.

“The Absent Trail of an Echo and My Future Plagued by Surrender”, released in September 2003, is the sole work by Japanese emotional hardcore band Gauge Means Nothing. More than 20 years after the band's breakup, and even amid the current global reappraisal of "skramz," they retain a cult presence — and this record is their origin point, a miraculous work that seems to have sealed in the raw intensity of the domestic DIY scene at the time exactly as it was.

While influenced by Switch Style, Envy, and 90s overseas hardcore acts (such as Ebullition and Bloodlink), they pursued "melody" and "clumsy emotion" over sheer heaviness. The record condenses the fervor of a transitional period shifting from metallic elements toward emotional sound. The distinctive arrangements — born from the members' differing musical roots colliding in a precarious balance — are crystallizations not of imitation, but of "their own interpretation."

The recording process was a raw, wholly DIY affair: it began with a recording retreat where they brought an MTR into a public facility in Fuchu, running 13-hour sessions a day over four days and three nights, and continued — without any real know-how — through intermittent recording sessions over the following six months. The lyrics carry sincere, urgent messages spanning from macro social issues to deeply personal loss: conflict with the great waves of violence and power, doubts about armament and war, and bewilderment at the death of a close friend.

Clumsiness, discomfort, and an explosion of feelings that can't be put into words. A groping, exploratory sound that could never be replicated in today's scene strikes the listener's heart with overwhelming originality. An essential listen that deserves to be etched into the history of 2000s Japanese indie/hardcore.

**Vinyl images are mockups and actual records may vary**

何者でもなかった自分たちが何かになろうとした、切実なまでのDIYと衝動。
 90年代激情黎明期の空気をダイレクトに吸収・解釈し、心の深部に突き刺さる00年代ジャパニーズ・スクリーモ/激情ハードコアの歴史的重要作。再マスタリングを経て2026年リイシュー盤リリース決定。

2003年9月にリリースされた、国内激情ハードコアバンド・gauge means nothingの単独作品『残響も失せた過去と諦めに彩られた未来に』。解散後20年以上の時を経た現在、世界的な"skramz"再評価の文脈においてもカルト的な存在感を放つ彼らの原点であり、当時の国内DIYシーンの熱量をそのまま封じ込めたような奇跡の一作である。
Switch StyleやEnvy、そして90’s海外ハードコア(EbullitionやBloodlink等)の作品群に影響を受けつつも、重さ以上に「旋律」と「不器用な情動」を追及。メタリックな要素からエモーショナルなサウンドへと移行していく過渡期の熱量が凝縮されている。メンバーそれぞれの異なる音楽的ルーツが危ういバランスでぶつかり合った結果生まれてしまった特異なアレンジは、まさに「真似」ではなく「彼ら自身の解釈」の結晶だ。
制作環境は、府中の公共施設にMTRを持ち込んだ1日13時間×3泊4日の合宿レコーディングを皮切りに、ノウハウがない中、半年間断続的に録音を重ねるという生々しいまでの完全DIY。本作の歌詞には、暴力や権力といった大きな波に対する葛藤、武装や戦争に対する疑念、そして親しい友人の死への戸惑いなど、マクロな社会問題からごくパーソナルな喪失まで、真摯で切実なメッセージが込められている。
不器用さや違和感、そして言葉にできない感情の爆発。現在のシーンでは決して再現できない手探りの音像が、圧倒的なオリジナリティとして聴く者の心を打ち据える。00年代日本インディー/ハードコア史に刻まれるべき必聴盤。

tracklist:
1. ピルグリム
2. ぼくのメガネはゆがんだ風景をぼくの目に映し出す 
3. ぼくは美化委員 
4. 黒く染まる
5. 右手

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