My Way My Love

April 29, 2005

My Way My Love | Hypnotic Suggestion 01 |File 13 | Japan

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Guitarist/vocalist Yukio Murata used to share the stage with fellow guitarist Taakira Goto in a band called the Cimons. After they split ways, the two pursued separate substyles of the noise rock that Japan has become so well-known for: Goto's band, Mono, has something of a Chicago post-rock sound; Murata's My Way My Love is all-the-way New York City. The new CD Hypnotic Suggestion: 01 seems to pay tribute to and update the sound of Sonic Youth, much as Polysics NEU did for DEVO. Though I'm generally a little wary of such postmodern paeans (which seem to have all but replaced innovation in rock), My Way My Love pulls it off with skill and verve, creating an album far more exciting than the current Jim O'Rourke-era efforts of the real McCoy.