Along Ago: 1981-1989 (Color Vinyl) TSOV-244.5 " Meanwhile

" Meanwhile

Owing their foundations to traditional afrobeat (and named after a Fela Kuti song)

Pat mixed the album and Jason Mariani mastered it

(Hozier) is a gorgeous grown-up record about

Tammy Hirata's minimalist approach

Along Ago: 1981-1989 (Color Vinyl) TSOV-244.5 " MeanwhileThe mid '80s were an exciting time for music in Kansai (Osaka Kyoto), Japan. There were more stages for bands to play on, more releases by independent labels and a variety of bands playing in different styles. The 80s were also a time when women's rights in Japan, though a topic of conversation, were not widely visible in the real world. There were very few women in the underground music scene at the time, but none of them dressed like punks or dyed