Boris & Uniform

The good folks at Sacred Bones have brought together two heavies for an excellent and heavy collaboration.  "Bright New Disease" finds the long running Japanese psych drone metal band Boris pairing their chugging riffs with the industrial noise of New York's Uniform.  The album was written and recorded during the earlier parts of the pandemic and first single "You Are the Beginning" feels like a anxious and frustrated burst of energy.  Check it out below and order the album here.

Boris

The long running Japanese band Boris dropped a surprise album over the weekend called "Fade."  Through their years, the band has dabbled in psych rock, metal, shoegaze, and more.  The new album is a fuzzy, drumless drone metal album.  Download it here and check out "終章　a bao a qu -無限回廊-" below.  It sounds like watching snow fall while the world collapses around you.

Daily Jam - Pseudo Bread

Let's start the week with a little mayhem from the long running Japanese band Boris.  Check out the frenetic crunch of "Pseudo Bread" below, our Daily Jam.

Boris - Last Christmas

If Boris covering Wham! doesn't put you in the right kind of holiday spirit, then you're just a lost cause my friend.  A lost cause.  Check out the noise of "Last Christmas" below and get it here from Sacred Bones.

Boris

I swear a few years ago i heard that the long running Japanese psych metal band Boris were going to retire.  And i also swear that they're released at least half a dozen records since then.  Here's hoping they never retire and play until they're dust.  Anyway, new record "NO" is out next week.  Listen to "Loveless" below and pre-order the album here from the band.

Daily Jam - Farewell

Kicking off another week, this time around with a classic from the long running Japanese metal band Boris.  Listen to the crunchy, post rock and shoegaze tinged "Farewell" below, our Daily Jam.

Boris - LOVE

Cool!  October brings us a new double album from Japanese mainstays Boris.  Watch the video for "LOVE" below and look for "LOVE & EVOL" on 10/4 from Third Man.

Boris

Has Boris really been around for 25 years?  Wow.  Anyway, the Japanese trio's latest opus "Dear" is out in July on Sargent House.  Watch the video for "Absolutego" below.

Boris and Merzbow

Japanese metal and noise innovators Boris and Merzbow are back collaborating again with their new, epic two-part album "Gensho."  The two halves are meant to be played at the same time, a la The Flaming Lips' "Zaireeka," but stand pretty tall on their own too.  Reworking a few old Boris tunes, it's kind of like the two artists are covering themselves, reinterpretations years later, sonic portraits of how things have changed...or even stay the same.  Get the records from Relapse and listen to the newer version of "Farewell," originally on the 2005 album "Pink" below.

BORIS

And day i can post about sometimes experimental, sometimes heavy metal Japanese band BORIS is a great day indeed.  On new album "Noise," out in June on Sargent House, the band stomps and yells and socks you in the mouth over and over again, but those pop hooks keep you asking for more.  Listen to "Quicksilver" below.  Hooray!

Ensemble Pearl

Stephen O'Malley from Sunn O))) + Bill Herzog from Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter + Atsuo and Michio Kurihara from Boris + classical/experimental violist Eyvind Kang = Ensemble Pearl.  I don't think any more explanation is necessary.  It's awesome!  Listen to "Painting on a Corpse" below and grab the self-titled album from Drag City.

Yellow Loveless

Because racism is perfectly funny and acceptable if you're doing it to yourself (am i right Spike Lee?), the tribute to My Bloody Valentine's seminal 1991 album "Loveless" featuring a slew of Japanese bands is titled "Yellow Loveless."  The album features Boris, Shonen Knife, and a bunch of other bands i've never heard of.  Here's the tracklist:

01. Tokyo Shoegazer – “Only Shallow”
02. GOATBED – “Loomer”
03. The Sodom Project – “Touched”
04. Lemon’s Chair – “To Here Knows When”
05. Shonen Knife – “When You Sleep”
06. Tokyo Shoegazer – “I Only Said”
07. Age of Punk – “Come in Alone”
08. Boris – “Sometimes”
09. Shinobu Narita (4-D Mode1) – “Blown a Wish”
10. Lemon’s Chair – “What You Want”
11. Sadesper Record – “Soon”

Listen to Boris's fuzzy, distorted take on our all time favorite MBV jam "Sometimes" below via youtube, and keep your eyes peeled for the album from High Fader Records.

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