LSD March - Empty Rubious Red (Tequila Sunrise, LP, 2007)
I’ve tried to describe this project, but it never seems to be appropriate. Free-acid-folk? Bleary-eyed psych? Mikami Kan on a downer trip? Either way, the 6 song LP is a hell of a package, mainly featuring Shinsuke Michishita in solo-electric mode, but on two tracks as a “full-band” with Ikuro Takahashi.
Tony Vogdes, proprietor of the Tequila Sunrise label and store, told me this release totally made sense on his label, as he was worried that he’d get too pigeonholed in the freak-folk, New Weird whatever world without something more full-band based. I’d say he was able to realign people’s perceptions with the title track alone - a creaky, cascading wall of guitar fuzz with a texture similar to the consistency of a drip painting. Really excellent.
