Akiko Yano - Japanese GirlWewantsounds is pursuing its ambitious Akiko Yano reissue program with the release of Japanese Girl, her landmark debut album from 1976. Backed by Little Feat with Lowell George and by the cream of Japanese musicians (including Haruomi Hosono), Japanese Girl is one of the most important Japanese albums of the 70s, mixing pop, rock, Japanese folk together with Little Feat's superb classic sound. This is the very first time the album is released

an old school blockbuster

traces of which would surface on their eponymous debut album

demanding to be witnessed

is a real statement: a widescreen slice of post-punk that combines heaviness and brooding melody in equal measures

‰ÛÏthe women I love

obliteration ‰ÛÒ or to be discovered in a land-full

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and even detect some psychedelic flashbacks

Perhaps most significantly

stupid' philosophy

They hit all the sweet spots the heads foggily remember

but eight albums in and Clinic still retain the ability to surprise