HALLELUJAHS - Niko Wo Kuraite Chikai Wo Tateyo

"Hallelujahs were a band led by Shinji Shibayama, during the mid-eighties. This was their sole album, released in 1986 in an edition of 300 on Shibayamas fledgling ORG Records label. ORG went on to release some great records by Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Reiko Kudo and Love Beach (Shibayamas current dream-pop psych band). Musically, pop psych is about as close as Im going to want to get to a description of what they do. Theres something about this record thats hard to get a grip on. It seems to float on layers of melody rather than rhythm, and in places it has an incomparable start of autumn melancholic atmosphere. Subtle, but a grower if you give it enough time. Part of yet another invisible Japanese scene." - Alan Cummings. Highly recommended! This is the remastered, 180 gram vinyl reissue which came out in 1997 in an edition of 500 a few years prior to the PSF CD. Includes obi strip and an insert (with lyrics and newly found photos).