YUZO IWATA - "Daylight Moon" LP
Yuzo Iwata - Daylight Moon LP (Siltbreeze, 2018) "Daylight Moon is the second solo album from Yuzo Iwata, guitarist of the Tokyo underground music scene. It's his first outing since his debut, Drowning In The Sky, got the green light in 1999 on the legendary Org label. While Yuzo’s been living stateside for a couple of decades, his roots, style and fluidity harken back to the Kichijoji Minor days of the late seventies Tokyo underground scene. He also put in some time as a member of Tori Kudo’s Maher Shalal Hash Baz early on and there’s no one else in Philadelphia who can make that claim. His pedigree is legit. As is his playing. For fans of Kousokuya and Hallelujahs especially and PSF and Org label output overall. Limited re-pressing of 300." - Siltbreeze "He’s been an ex-pat in the City of Brotherly Shove for decades, Japanese guitarist Yuzo Iwata carries an undeniably heavy rep, having played in groups in late ‘70s Tokyo and as a member of Tori Kudo’s Maher Shalal Hash Baz in its ear