< = >, by LLRR

< = >

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Lars Gotrich Noisy and frenetic punk trio from Tokyo. Three-dimensional chess chaos. Favorite track: Psycho Prism.

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1.	週末のフール 01:48	buy track
2.	Psycho Prism 03:26	buy track
3.	境界 03:39	buy track
4.	Anonymous 03:24	buy track
5.	Fastcore Mad Impression 02:41	buy track
6.	Flash Back Drive 01:54	buy track

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LLRR（ルルロロ）は2017年に京都にてボーカリストのヨコタミナミ（元o’summer vacation）、ギタリストのサノユズル（Sizenkai no Okite、Word、one、no key.）、ドラマーのタニタカヤ（元otori、元Worst Taste、元o’summer vacation）を中心に結成された。

バンドは自身の音楽を「反復を基調、葛藤、開放性、不安定さ」を特徴としているという。サノがリフやコード進行を避け、ギターパートと曲の分離感を保とうとする一方で、ヨコタは創造的なエネルギーを、自分自身を十分に表現できないことへの欲求不満のスパイラルから引き起こす。タニのドラムは、切り離されたギターパートと反復したコントラストを形成している。メンバーは各々でポップミュージックの感覚を意識しているが、それぞれが独自の異なる方法でポップを表現しており、リスナーに届く頃には混沌としたある種の独自性を保つ音楽となっている。

LLRR (pronounced "lew-lew-low-low") formed in Kyoto in 2017 around the core members of vocalist Minami Yokota (ex-o’summer vacation), guitarist Yuzuru Sano (Sizenkai no Okite, Word, one, no key.) and drummer Takaya Tani (ex-otori, Worst Taste, o’summer vacation).

The band describe their music as being characterised by repetition, conflict, openness, anxiety and instability. Yokota explains that her creative energy is partly driven by a spiral of frustration at being unable to express herself fully, while Sano tried to keep a sense of separation between his guitar parts and the song, avoiding riffs and chord progressions. Meanwhile, Tani’s drums form a repetitive contrast with the disconnected guitar parts. Each member is conscious of a sense of pop music, but with each seeing pop in their own different, disconnected way, resulting in music that reaches out to the listener but retains a chaotic sort of uniqueness.

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released April 2, 2021

Vocals: Minami Yokota
Guitar: Yuzuru Sano
Drums : Takaya Tani

Music by LLRR
Lyrics by Minami Yokota
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Shinya Ogino
Art/design by Minami Yokota

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Indie, post-punk, new wave and underground music in Koenji, Tokyo since 2005.

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