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ANGEL'IN HEAVY SYRUP

Angel'In Heavy Syrup IV
1999
MONOCD04 CD

Angel'In Heavy Syrup is a three-girl rock band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1990. This is their fourth release - as you can guess from the title - and marks their return after a gap of nearly five years.

Purveyors of Krautrock-influenced retro-pshchedelia, the group numbers Mineko Itakura (vocals, bass), and two guitarists, Mine Nakao and Fusao Toda. They are joined on this album by session musician, Naoko Otani (drums), having lost percussionist Tomoko Takahara.

Mineko's sweet-voiced and distinctively Japanese vocals are married with a rock sound which is warm and familiar, and not at all consistent with Monotremata's declared devotion to "dissonant soundscapes".

For the benefit of those for whom English is a second language, I am also bemused by the apostrophe in the title.

Rik - 20 March 2000

Mine, Fusao and Mineko