Supercar
Highvision

THE REVIEW

A Japanese friend of ours occasionally brings us some novelties. Something never heard before, just how we like it.
This time it's the turn of Supercar, founded by bassist/singer Miki Furukawa and guitarist/singer Koji Nakamura in 1997.

This is the fourth album for one of the most important bands in the Tokyo indie scene.
“Highvision” is perfect pop, similar to Quruli, already reviewed on these pages.

Supercar are soft, melancholic, building slow and delicate crescendos, fitting electronic loops and melodies perfectly on bass, guitar, and drums.
“Otogi Nation” sounds like a New Order song, even in the slow and lazy vocals.
“Aoharu Youth”, we read on one of the very few English sites, talks about kids taking revenge on school bullies and then committing mass suicide (??!?...hmm...). And we get lost in these melodies, not understanding a thing of the words. "Aoharu youth, aoharu Youth" and the irresistible three-note loop starts, bouncing in space.
Track number 1, “Starline”, wakes up slowly and becomes majestic and melancholic (apart from some titles in English and some translation of titles by our friend on the copy we had, they strictly sing in Japanese).
“I” is electronic and could be by Paul van Dyk.
"Storywriter" is uptempo, with a nice, ever-constant guitar riff.

Japan is much more than mere imitation. I recommend this album to anyone who loves quality pop, finding the album will be a bit tricky, but if you manage, you'll have something special and different. Very special. Yatta!