Sings The Blues, by H. Usui

Sings The Blues

by H. Usui

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1.	Sputnik 00:27	buy track
2.	This World 03:39	buy track
3.	The Westernized Blues 02:24	buy track
4.	Macaroni Blues 03:19	buy track
5.	A Fake Blues 02:05	buy track
6.	A Fake2 Blues 02:39	buy track
7.	Decision Blues 02:54	buy track
8.	Bear Blues 02:11	buy track
9.	The Thief 03:23	buy track
10.	The Fool 03:00	buy track
11.	World 06:06	buy track
12.	Fukushima 01:50	buy track

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Solo darkness from remarkably pedigreed but rarely recorded Japanese legend (Ghost, Fushitsusha, L, Marble Sheep, A-Musik, August Born, etc). Raw and gripping, like a darker version of his all-time folk-psych classic Holy Letters (vhf#84). Performed completely solo on voice, guitar, banjo, bass, steel guitar, and cornet, the music is almost uncomfortably blunt and rough around the edges – a “Tonight’s the Night”-like offhandedness that only serves to increase the feeling of existential seriousness. Like Holy Letters, most of these tracks are undeniably “blues,” but there’s nary a familiar blues progression or guitar phrase. Vocals are a whisper, accompanied by simple guitar or banjo. Clever overdubs add to a few of the tracks – untutored (but just right) blats of cornet here, some electronic static there. If you like Loren Connors, Simon Finn, Jandek, Kan Mikami, Six Organs, etc, this is for you.

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released June 8, 2017

H. Usui...Vocal, Banjo, Guitar, Steel Guitar, Bass, Cornet

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