MACHIDA & KITAZAWAGUMI, MACHIZO - Harafuri

"If punk culture and aesthetics have a poet, it's undoubtedly Kō Machida . Eleven years after his 1981 masterpiece Inu , the artist -- now a celebrated writer and distinguished professor -- repeats that success with this album, updating its sound for the modern era with the support of the band Kitazawagumi . Here, the power and expressiveness of the music perfectly elevate the weight and meaning of his words. Reissued for the first time with meticulously retranslated English lyrics included, this is a chance to share a universal literary and musical masterpiece with the world. Contains printed inner sleeve."