Tamokawa, Kazuki - Straight From The Throat 978153431589151699 decades ago

decades ago

and a giant fold-out poster that contains all lyrics

King Chip cruises along on the hazy and hypnotic first single "Just What I Am"

The track is in fact a version of "The Ides of March"

is part of the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series

Tamokawa, Kazuki - Straight From The Throat 978153431589151699 decades agoIn the 1970s, Kazuki Tomokawa catapulted into Tokyo's avant garde scene with his cathartic and utterly electrifying performances. Straight from the Throat, Tomokawa's second album, released in July 1976 by Harvest Records, finds the musician in his truest form: as the "screaming philosopher" he would come to be called cynical but fair, cheeky and melancholic, and looking at the world with truth seeking eyes. In Straight from the Throat, Tomokawa