HIMO - "HARDCORE VIBRATION" (CD)

A new album by Kita Shinjuku HIMO is out.
HIMO's live show is really great, and I would like you to see it if you haven't seen them yet (although I haven't seen them recently). Despite the physicality of their live act, I think their sound recordings are challenging in terms of how to capture the explosiveness of their live performances in their recordings. The sound is not the old punk-hardcore sound, but it is different from the dynamics expressed by the slow and rapid pace of skramz/screamo, and when you think they hit you with an overwhelming flat sound mass, there are also emotional expressions full of sentiment, and since each song is very short, the ups and downs of the album as a whole, as if it is folding up, create a tremendous texture as a result. The ups and downs of the album as a whole, which seem to fold in on themselves because each song is so short, create a tremendous texture as a result. The harmonies are dissonant and emotionally unstable, but in the midst of this raging momentum, human “life” is depicted. Is this Shinjuku? However, the sound is from a place in Tokyo that can be considered the outskirts of the music scene, and it is underground.

tracklist:
1.追う追われる
2.道のりの石
3.仮定の話
4.a week
5.無味無臭
6.100年の言葉
7.Boys Running Around the Station
8.近寄らないでくれ
9.許す
10.遠く近く
11.生きる霞む顔
12.Too Late
13.Stay Off Chaos
14.寄り添う人たち
15.視点を定めて
16.インプット
17.奇跡的で素敵です
18.メリークリスマス