Half Japanese - Why Not? ((CD))

Half Japanese have returned to peel further layers from their onion. They have a new album that's a square further on in their unpredictable musical snakes and ladders board. Why Not? is a magical thing its Springsteens Born To Run recorded in a cupboard, its an ode to love, its a Wire song with two duelling guitarists being Zappa on helium, its Parquet Courts in a tantrum, its The Crickets contorted into? and The Mysterians, its everywhere and nowhere, baby, its where its at. On Why Not? nuances are mused, situations explained, questions asked. Outside, zombies and demons roam and everyday aliens emerge from spaceships: its a technicolor film transcribed by Jad Fair and friends John Sluggett, Gilles-Vincent Rieder, Mick Hobbs and Jason Willett, their faces at the cracked window of their subterranean habitat looking out at the real world. Theyre on a high from their last release: After all these years, his wiry voice still hits every song with a shock thats equal parts joy buzzer and