This is Totsuzen Danball’s very first release, it came out in 1980 on Pass Records, and the track titles are White Man and Strange Permanent. There’s nothing I don’t like about this release: the uncool, nerdy and somewhat slobby look of the band, the very laid back, minimalistic arty new wave punk of the two songs, the name of the band itself: Suddenly Cardboard!
Totsuzen Danball was two brothers and a changing lineup of musicians. Their music would turn more arty and avantgarde on their later releases; there’s a cool video on youtube which has the two brothers playing to a background tape, with guitar, xylophones, kitchen untensils and kids’ toys as instrumentation.
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