Yura-yura Teikoku（ゆらゆら帝国）
Active Years
- 1989 – 2010
Musical style
- Power trio based on garage with psychedelic atmosphere.
- Singer and guitarist, Shintaro Sakamoto’s voice colors the songs listless, and the lyrics are often nonsence.
- The guitar sound should be noted, sometimes it’s dreamy with strong effect from tremolo pedals, sometimes it’s simply crunchy and edgy and it makes some songs feeling speedy.
Influenced by/for
- Deppressed and lazy feeling from T.REX
- Faint shadow which we can find in the Shigeru Muziki or Yoshiharu Tsuge’s manga comics.
Short topics about members, songs, etc…
- You can see Sakamoto easily if you go to Koenji area in Tokyo.
- He graduated an art university, so he often designs the cover art of his albums or T-shirts.
Album(s) to must listen to
- 3 x 3 x 3(1998)
- Me No Car(1999)
- Hollow Me/Beautiful(2009)
Song(s) to must listen to
- Beautiful
- Hollow Me
- Listless Dream