Forward, we march together
Tracklist:
1. We Shaped Air Castles
2. Requited
3. Grasp Upon Thorns
Download (new download link, now containing the whole recording)
Zainichi! is a Singaporean band with, this far, only 19 last.fm listeners. This is so underground that I wasn't even able to get my hands on their whole record, but two songs out of three is fair enough, I guess. Especially since they're both very fine songs. They've got all those contrasts that make a screamo song enjoyable, they're raw yet post-rockishly melodic, and mix really heartfelt screams with spoken words. It's kind of like Tzadikim Nistarim, and that's a really positive statement since their 7" has been going warm on my record player ever since it arrived in my mailbox a while ago (until I somehow managed to get the fucking machine to fuck up and just make weird noises every time i turn it on).
These songs are however from an OOP record named "Forward, we march together". Utarid:tapes made a tape re-release of it recently though, and I am sure as hell gonna get a copy of it as soon as it's available through Denovali or Bis Aufs Messer (which it will hopefully be).
EDIT: Apparently it got available through Bis Aufs Messer already the day before I made this post. Oh well, I'll order it some day.
EDIT2 (PLEASE READ): Wall, the singer of the band, wrote to me and thanked me for spreading the love for them. Well, it's really nice for me to hear both from downloaders and the bands I'm posting that my work on this blog is appreciated. So again, thank you Wall and the rest of Zainichi! for being so totally awesome, loving and generous and not like those greedy bastards who's suing zillions out of The Pirate Bay. I also took the opportunity to mail him and ask for the last song of the recording, which he of course willingly sent me. So now the upload is complete, and the newly added song is just as sweet as the other ones. So download it, love it, and spread it to everyone you know, and everyone you don't know. Because the world needs bands like Zainichi!, who really care for the music and nothing but the music. If there was a need to tell it to any of my blog followers, which I doubt, but still, I would also like everyone to boycott any music put out by: Sony BMG, Universal Music, Playground Music, Bonnier Amigo Music Group, EMI and Warner Music, who don't care a shit about getting their music heard, just making a fortune out of it and suing the shit out of innocent people. Thank you.
'Spread the love, save our community.'
Much love and passion, Wall.
(Oh, and one last thing. My dad just walked into my room and with his magical daddy fingers fixed my cassette deck. And in a month I'm turning 18 so then I'll be able to get my own PayPal account, buy Zainichi!'s tape, finally with my own money, and play it on my tape player. You should do the same. Cause despite my total support for free file sharing, I see supporting the bands you love by actually buying their stuff as a matter of course.)
