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CD Album

MEAN STREET

ART-SCHOOL

1500yen
(1650yen Tax incl. in Japan)
US$ 9.30
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Release Date April 06, 2001
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Catalog No.DAK123R-3
JAN/ISBN 4948722114536
Product Type CD
Number of Discs 1

Description

[Machine Translation] Riki Kinoshita, who says he is strongly influenced by not only music but also movies and literature such as Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Cobain, Leon Carax, Martin Scottish, Rimbaud, and Nakaya Nakahara, formed ART-SCHOOL in the spring of 2000 with support members from his solo career. ART-SCHOOL is influenced by alternative grunge bands such as WEEZER, DINOSOR JR, PAVEMENT, and NIRVANA, but also has a POP sensibility deep within its heavy sound. Their music has been highly acclaimed in indie CD stores and music magazines, and continues to be a long seller. Their heavy and charismatic performances have become a hot topic of conversation and have been attracting a growing number of people. ART-SCHOOL's second album "MEAN STREET" has more powerful songs and performances, and the songs that seem to cling to a ray of cleverness in the darkness cannot help but make the listener's soul tremble and tears well up. Like Bjork's "Dancer in the Dark," this is a sad, yet hopeful album. Please give this album a listen at least once.

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Description in Japanese

MEAN STREET / ART-SCHOOL

ダイナソーJr.、カートコバーン、レオンカラックス、マーチンスコティッシュ、ランボー、中原中也など音楽のみならず映画や文学にも強く影響を受けていると言う木下理樹がソロ活動をしていた時のサポートメンバーを中心に2000年春にART-SCHOOLを結成。2000年9月には1st.アルバム「SONIC DEAD KIDS」をリリース。ART-SCHOOLは、WEEZER、DINOSOR JR、PAVEMENT、NIRVANAなどオルタナ・グランジの影響を強く感じさせつつも、そのヘビーなサウンドの奥底にPOPなセンスを感じさせる楽曲は各インディーズCDショップ、音楽雑誌などで高い評価を得て、いまもロングセラーを続けている。ライブも下北沢garageを中心にハイペースで続けており、そのヘビーでカリスマ性のあるパフォーマンスは大きな話題となり動員を伸ばしている。そんなART-SCHOOLの2nd.アルバム「MEAN STREET」は、より力強い唄と演奏、そしてその暗闇の中で一筋の巧妙にすがるかのような楽曲は聴くものの魂を震わせて涙を溢れさせずにはいられない。まるで、ビョークの「ダンサーインザダーク」のような悲しくて、でも希望に満ちたアルバム。どうかこのアルバムを一度だけでも聴いてみてください。

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    Tracklisting

    1
    Glass no Bohyo
    ガラスの墓標
    2
    Lolita Kills Me
    ロリータ・キルズ・ミー
    3
    Nina no Tame ni
    ニーナの為に
    4
    Age of Innocence
    エイジ オブ イノセンス
    5
    Mean Street
    ミーンストリート
    6
    Downer
    ダウナー

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