Relapse Records is back to reissuing fantastic heavier Japanese music, this time with the first official reissues of the revolutionary Lip Cream!
The full catalog has been remastered, and features highly sought-after, previously unavailable titles in the West. Physical editions include the band’s landmark full-length Kill Ugly Pop, as well as the Lonely Rock and Night Rider More Than Fight! 7″s; Big Foot Cassette, 9 Shocks Terror, Close to the Edge, 罪 – SIN –, and Thrash Til Death!
Lip Cream‘s Lonely Rock Deluxe Boxset is limited to 900 copies and includes all 6 LPs/12″s plus the Lonely Rock and Night Rider More Than Fight! 7″s – both 7″s are exclusive to the boxset. All pressed on glow in the dark vinyl and housed in a custom design lift-off lid hard box. Also includes tons of bonus goods including posters, replica show flyers, patches, pin set, stickers and an LP sized folder with extensive liner notes. Get ’em here.
“Lip Cream, formed in 1984, quickly rose to become one of Japan’s most legendary hardcore/punk bands,” wrote Relapse. “In a mere six years until their dissolution in 1990, they profoundly influenced Japanese punk with three EPs, one cassette, and four albums. Their prolific output also included contributions to 13 compilation albums and two live videos, an extraordinary volume of work for such a brief career – none of which has ever been released in the West… until now.
“Given their pre-digital era dissolution, much of the information about Lip Cream has been based on hearsay. To rectify this, Relapse Records initiated the first ever fully authorized catalog reissue project, which included extensive research and interviews with original member Minoru, culminating in this official biography.”
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