Happy Mondays
Bummed LP (embossed cover)

The first official worldwide reissue of the sophomore album from fabled Japanese folk singer-songwriter/actress/writer Hako Yamasaki, Tsunawatari. The limited edition 180g vinyl LP comes in a heavy sleeve with the original artwork, and the digipack CD has one bonus track. Recorded right after her outstanding debut Tobimasu, Tsunawatari was released in 1976 on Elec Records, one of the first independent labels in Japan, and solidified Hako Yamasaki as one of the most gorgeous voices of the country and an exceptional musician and singer.

A truly perfect follow-up, it immortalizes the bitter beauty of heartache with tearful performances and nostalgic empowerment. The beauty of melancholic songs reaches heartbreaking heights in Tsunawatari, a magnificent ode to the sorrow of lost love and the time that passes offered to the world with a very unique brand of folk music. The kind of folk that goes for the guts, folk that shamelessly flirts with tearful blues, contemplative soft pop and psychedelic nostalgia.

NEW / Released in 1988 / Reissue 2020

Tracklist:

A1 Country Song

A2 Moving In With

A3 Mad Cyril

A4 Fat Lady Wrestlers

A5 Performance

B1 Brain Dead

B2 Wrote For Luck

B3 Bring A Friend

B4 Do It Better

B5 Lazy Itis