HIBUSHIBIRE – Flashback Stonehenge – LP – Crystal Clear Vinyl with Green Smoke Swirl Vinyl

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LP – Limited Edition Crystal Clear Vinyl with Green Smoke Vinyl (First pressing only). Housed in gloss finished full colour sleeve with polylined inner bag.

Japanese psych rockers Hibushibire return with album number four Flashback Stonehenge and a UK/European tour to coincide.

Flashback Stonehenge is the bands first studio album as a four piece, with live guest Kohei Katsuma now joining as a full time member on percussion/congas (an absolute must see live) alongside Changchang (Guitar/Vocal), Tetsuji Toyoda (Bass/Vocal) and Aoi Hama (Drums/Vocals).

Like the bands previous three albums, this one continues with the three shorter songs on side one, and one epic long song filling out side two mantra that has served them so well thus far.

Opening track Snow Sniffing Matador is already a firm live favourite, with its heavy riffage and 70s rock swagger. Things then cool down with a more laid back In Heaven, featuring Aoi Hamas dreamlike vocal whispers, and a fuzzed out take on traditional English folk song The Cuckoo with Changchang & Aoi trading verses.

Flip it over, and you have the epic title track, which sees the band take a slightly different approach recalling the likes of Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Faust, CAN, Eno etc over its extraordinary 22 minutes.

The band return for their fourth UK tour in October, and also play their first mainland European dates to coincide.

Tracklist:

A1. Snow Sniffing Matador (5:29)
A2. In Heaven (4:15)
A3. The Cuckoo (4:15)

B.Flashback Stonehenge (22:07)