GEROGERIGEGEGE, THE - Moenai Hai

Limited edition of 150 copies. "Having basically dropped off the face of the earth fifteen years ago, Juntaro Yamanouchi givesMoenai Hai a sense of enigma: some contextual food for thought, and some inconclusive ideas. The sudden, low-hype release of Moenai Hai leads one to believe that The Gerogerigegeges creative driving force is conflicted, but dedicated, presenting something that needed to be said, but not how Yamanouchi might normally say it. Its sorta futile to outline The Gerogerigegeges typical modes of communication, as they range from onstage vacuum-cleaner masturbation to coprophagia, but by contrast, their newest offering is bizarrely sombre and deliberate. The album seeps with solitude and incongruity, made all the more effective at the hands of an artist known for being unabashedly honest. After the sloppy, self-aware half-heartedness of 2001s Saturdaynight Big Cock Salaryman, the sense of introspection on Moenai Hai is powerful. Opener -¢‚Ǩ-ìOut of Saiga-¢‚Ǩ¬ù consists o