Yaphet Kotto - "We Bury Our Dead Alive" (LP)

This is the last album from 2004, with the best EMO cover, and it is already a masterpiece from the cover as well as the contents.

This is the 3rd album of the most important band of the intense emo-caotic scene. This album has more expressive and dramatic songs with more depth than the previous two albums, and it was controversial for some of the fans of the 1st and 2nd albums. The reason for this may be the increase in the number of slow parts in the songs and the increased weight of heavy expressions. In fact, the number of doom parts has increased, but the contrast with the dynamic parts has also increased, and the dynamism of this work is the highest among all the releases.

The attitude of not staying with the status quo but pursuing one's next level is what hardcore is all about. Maintaining the status quo is the beginning of decline. The quality of the soundtracks is unparalleled and supreme. Personally, I think it is also important to note that the sound production is not tainted with the sound pressure supremacism of the 2000s.

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激情エモ・カオティックの最重要バンド3rd!
アナログ盤には7インチサイズのブックレット歌詞カードもついている。
前作、前々作よりさらに表現力、深みを増したドラマチックな曲が揃う本作は、1st,2ndのファンにとっては一部賛否両論となった。ジャケットから漂うラスト感もEMOさがあるが、ここ数年Yaphet Kottoを再び聞き直していて思うのは彼らは確かに本作も試行錯誤を繰り返しながら進化を続けていたと思う。けれどメンバーそれぞれの思いのバランスの上に多くのバンドは成り立っていて、それがビジネスではなく真の芸術である以上、そのバランスが崩れてしまったら終わってしまうのだなぁと感じるのです。

tracklist:
1. Untitled 3:02
2. We Bury Our Dead Alive 5:23
3. The Heavy Burdon 2:40
4. Past On The Stairs 3:48
5. Chime The Day 3:04
6. Paths 4:14
7. The Constant Ringing 3:11
8. The Lurker 6:20
9. Chime The Night 5:21
10. Untittled 0:59