Word: yatsura
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best thing about Slain by Yatsura is that you don't have to know about anime to get the music. You just have to know about a loud stereo and a smile on your face. Benjamin E. Lytal
...Yatsura's new album, Slain by Yatsura, is confident and unpretentious. Where the band could have been self-conscious about a long, complicated and low-selling discography, Yatsura is light-hearted. Their lyrics are eager...
...Urusei Yatsura rocks. They are from Scotland. Lead singer Fergus Lawrie says lyrics as if he has invited the Geist of the decade into his mouth...
Even lines like "I've got my fanzine/so fuck the music scene!" do not sound bitter so much as they sound healthy, and Yatsura is certainly more concerned with making good music than with their indie cred. The lyrics on Slain by Yatsura are generally of a more pleasant variety anyway. "1, 2, 3, 4, Glo Starz! Glo Starz! Glo Starz! Glo Starz!" It is a very loveable album...
...Yatsura's sound is guitar and drums and a light Scottish accent that can only help Fergus throw out his weighty iambs. The band has sprinkled a few samples and a lot of electronic effects through the album, but the music rests solidly on straight rocking instrumentation, beat and exciting lyrics...