{"product_id":"karakuchi-lp","title":"Karakuchi [LP]","description":"\u003ch2\u003eKaleidobolt - Karakuchi [LP]\u003c\/h2\u003e\nKALEIDOBOLT's fifth album is pungent to the ears - KARAKUCHI out in March\nKarakuchi is one record you can judge by its cover. The first time Kaleidobolt's faces have\nadorned an LP, they have been fused into a torpedoing biomechanical vehicle. Echoing The\nBirthday Party's Junkyard or Motorhead's Orgasmatron (... on acid?!), the illustration\nepitomises perfectly Kaleidobolt's agenda of \"hyperkinetic rock\". Their feverish, psych-prog\nsound is full of motion. It jerks around at different speeds, threatening to spin out of control\nand crash into flames at any given moment.\nWhat's more, it isn't taken too seriously. This is heavy and intricate music, yes. But as bassist\nand co-singer Marco Menestrina puts it, the Kaleidobolt attitude is \"an ugly smirk more than\nan angry face with a fist.\"\nOn their fifth album since forming in 2014, the Helsinki-based outfit lean into their strengths\nas a formidable power trio. With their previous two records, 2019's Bitter and 2022's This One\nSimple Trick, they had thrown everything at their disposal into the recording with no expense\nspared on overdubs, effects and kitchen sinks. Produced again by Niko Lehdontie (Oranssi\nPazuzu), Karakuchi comes from tightly rehearsed, live-in-the-studio takes. Kaleidobolt realise\nthat greater sparsity can be a strength, and they've allowed their instruments extra space to\nbreathe. It makes for their earthiest, purest and perhaps most authentic record to date.\nKarakuchi's exuberant style emerges from the individual members' contrasting listening\nhabits. These span classic prog, Japanese city pop, noise rock, post-hardcore and historical\npodcasts. One record they can all agree is a masterpiece, the centre of the Venn diagram\nwhere all three members meet, is King Crimson's Red.\nAs for their new album's title, that's as suitable as the cover art. \"Karakuchi\" is the slogan of\nthe Japanese beer brand Asahi Super Dry. Translated literally, this means \"pungent to the\nmouth\". As drinkers of that product, Kaleidobolt acknowledge its parallels to their songs. \"It's\nvery intense, right at the front, like at the first bite,\" explains Menestrina. \"And then it leaves\nyour mouth feeling refreshed. The flavour doesn't linger in your mouth, basically. It has a\nquick, hard finish. With a bit of a stretch, we thought that that could also be said of our\nmusic.\"\n\nTracklist\nSIDE A\n1. Tinkerbell\n2. Lights On, Nobody Home\n3. Coping\n4. Astro Boy\/Ochanomizu\n\nSIDE B\n1. Duuude\n2. Friends of Fire\n3. A Chance of a Lifetime\n4. Turn of Luck","brand":"Kaleidobolt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63801162924409,"sku":"6430080239344","price":5.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/noirvinyl.com\/products\/karakuchi-lp","provider":"NOIR VINYL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}