Auto-Mod – 狂気の日本

31. May 2020

Auto-Mod – Love Generation 12“

This 12“ from 1986 was Auto-Mod’s final release during the 80s. The original version of Love Generation which was released on their first 7“ was a snotty off-beat and pretty punk song, but the „final version“ on this 12“ is something very different. By now it’s a slow, adventurous seven minute new wave monster full of sound and tape effects. Identical Nightmare on side B is a less wild new wave rock song with loads of synth and sax. The last track, Tabula Rasa, is the wildest of the bunch, almost hardcore in tempo yet with a horn section. Not quite Fabulous Day by the False Prophets, but close. Maybe.

僕らのラブジェネレーション

30. December 201923. March 2020

Auto-Mod – ST 7″

This 7“ was Auto-Mod’s debut from 1981. All in all they’re still a lot more punk on this record when compared to their later releases. This punkier attitude starts off with that fake phone conversation in the intro, in which singer Genet gets a call from Ronald Reagan and calls him a fuckin’ fascist, and is further shown in the song writing. Love Generation is a great off-beat punk with a moody verse and a bouncy chorus. The next song, “woman from the porn mag” is another great punk number, but the real monster is “Horror” on the b-side: it starts out with a slightly wrong organ rendition of Deutschland Über Alles as the background to Hitler’s speech to the german reichstag at the start of WWII, which then morphes into a pounding, somewhat atonal punk stomper, with some synth noise and a screeching sax, lasting over 8 minutes and only slightly shorter than this sentence.

Get i t , you fuckers!

7. November 2019

Auto-Mod – Sadistic Dream 7″

Another one by Auto-Mod! Sadistic Dream, released in 1984, only has the title track on Side A and the „karaoke version“ on Side B. The quite „relaxed“ in style, I guess I’d even go so far as to call it a New Wave rock song, hehe! There’s a „dreamy“ sax, a show-offy guitar solo, lots of reverb on the drums, you know what I mean… But I guess -judging from the title- the lyrics may have been a bit less relaxed.

To the Sadistic Dream!

7. November 2019

Auto-Mod – 遠い声 7“

1983’s 遠い声, the faraway voice, has two of my favorite tunes by Auto-Mod. The title track is a straight, dancable new wave number with an extremely catchy chorus, while the b-side (Enemy No. 3) kills everything with its funky bass and its Killing Joke allusions. No more of my useless babbling, just get it!

They’re the enemy of the third world people (or something like that…)!

3. November 2019

Auto-Mod – Last Punk Hero/Dancin‘ Rhythm 7“

Last Punk Hero, what a great name for a great 7“, I hope it pissed off lots of humorless punk purists! Released in 1982, these two tracks are great disco’esque post-punk/new wave with funky guitar and basslines, a drum machine, chirping synths and of course Genet’s unique voice. Yeah!

Dancin’! Dancin’! Dancin’, dancin’ rhythm!

2. November 2019

v.a. 時の葬列 – Selections From Excommunicated Monument LP

This is great compilation album of japanese mid-eighties gothic, new wave, post-punk and noisy avantgarde stuff. G-Schmitt are frail, beautiful and full of pathos, Madame Edwarda’s tracks definitely surpass the songs of their debut album, Auto-Mod deliver songs of dancable aggression and childlike wanderings (but less funk than on some of their 7“es), and Sadie-Sads’ tracks on this album are pure genius. And to make it all perfect, the title translates as…

The Funeral Procession Of Time!

2. November 20192. November 2019

Auto-Mod – Cannibal Of Love 7“

Cannibal Of Love, what a title! This 7“ from 1985 is already a bit different from Auto-Mod’s earliest releases: slow, dark and romantic, new wave pop rock with crooning vocals and a wailing saxophone. Side B even has some disco-like moments during the chorus.

Delicious!