The Japanese band’s 5th studio album is a lot of fun. It sees the band in transition from earlier avant-punk styles to more accessible “hi-fi” electronic sounds, epitomised in the 10 minute long ambient closing song Outro for Cell-Scape and the fact that the album features no “real” drum sounds - they’re all programmed on a drum computer. That last track is practically worth the admission alone, if you ask us.
Tracklist:
1. Phantasmagoria
2. Shield for Your Eyes, a Beast in the Well on Your Hand
3. A Dreamer Who Is Too Weak to Face Up To
4. Lost Parts Stinging Me So Cold
5. Chain-Shot to Have Some Fun
6. Like a White Bat in a Box, Dead Matters Go On
7. Key is a Fact That a Cat Brings
8. A Hunter in the Rain to Cut the Neck Up in the Present Shape
9. If It Is the Deep Sea, I Can See You There
10. Outro for Cell-Scape
