December 1982, Tokyo. Kiyoaki Iwamoto has a guitar, a simple rhythm box, a friend with a bass guitar, and some stripped-down songs, brazen in their post-punk simplicity, irritation and controlled aggression, yet full of sadness and resignation. Five songs, including a rearranged version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" are recorded and released on a now extremely rare 7" record. This release, available on 10" vinyl, CD, or digital download, features those five songs, along with a previously unreleased 1980 live performance by his duo Birei, as well as a 2020 reworking of "Love …" , by the Japanese duo Chisato and Junta. Iwamoto was an enigma, active in the post-punk scene in Japan in the late 70s and early 80s, a member of Birei and founding member of Guys & Dolls with Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz); in the mid-80s he cut contact with his friends, disavowing his name and later performing under a different moniker.
A1. 生理 (Period)
A2. 地獄が見えても (Even If You Can See Hell)
A3. 悲しい町で (In The Sad Town)
A4. あまり遠くへ行かないで (Don't Go Too Far Away)
A5. Love Will Tear Us Apart
PLUS
B1. Love Will Tear Us Apart (千紗子と純太 Rework)
B2. Untitled (Performed by 美れい ＠新宿ロフト 1980年4月22日)
