M.A.Z.E. - "II" LPM. A. Z. E. II LP (Lumpy, 2021) "Rejoice, the most feverish expression from Japan's top group is finally available on vinyl record! Pogo for the people in the back, 9 raucous wave punk songs snaked straight to the dome. True political and societal dissent often postured by today's bands, laid out in cool fashion over smart, tense guitar and bass interplay but undeniably fun! Bombs away music, pacing panther through the circus bars music Eriko's vocals

‘Disco Juju 1’ tweaks his boxes into a bubbling

and Patrick Borezo -- began somewhere up east

Radical Spectacular sees Mor continuing to taunt and tease us

from the synth in "Rainforest Cotillion" to the piano lines of "Olympics III

” Like God or Loss or Love

it seems that if things were to change much at all

"Hunger for a Way Out"

Dan’s latest offering is a superb collection

They add color to the deep blue night

Theoreme posits that spectres of the past continue to resonate in the contemporaneous milieu of the underground

and his albums kept failing to connect

Leave no stone unturned