Guernica, Jun Togawa's band

oh, I did not know that. just the title track and not the whole lp, I'm guessing?

hosono did this one too, I'm sure you've heard it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lnkoT9t1xs

probably my fave togawa track, and again, great live performance.

oh, missed your question. that's a patti smith cover.

oh yeah, great song off an album I'm kind of lukewarm about. that one's got YMO's fingerprints all over it (particularly Service-era YMO)

Greatly digging Togawa Fiction from 2004, it is utterly all over the place and fantastically so...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdTKR_B9P8

Wow, that's great

This is a pretty good read.

http://aramajapan.com/aramaexclusive/arama-interview/jun-togawa-discusses-35-years-industry-return/82068/

OMG, thank you for this, I hadn't seen it before.

well, that explains what happened to her voice. so glad it seems to be coming back somehow.

Escalating feelings that far exceed common sense
A rose colored love that popped up like a sudden mutation
A love so pure that you could call it violent
A love so forceful that it's already been engraved into the Showa era

Kiss me as if you're punching me, until my lips bleed
Hold me until my ribs make a cracking sound and break
I like you, I like you, I love you
I like you, I like you, I love you
I like you, I like you, I love you
If you don't say you love me, I'll kill you

Eros takes shape and breaks down the everyday
Romance overlaps with instinct, creating an endless hell
An intuitive recognition of anti-nihilism
Triggers a tendency towards latent infantile violence

Kiss me as if you're punching me, until my lips bleed
Hold me until my ribs make a cracking sound and break
I like you, I like you, I love you
I like you, I like you, I love you
I like you, I like you, I love you
If you don't say you love me, I'll kill you