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The Students

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1.	マリンマリン 03:30	buy track
2.	のろまのローラー 03:48	buy track
3.	トカゲの風が吹いた 03:10	buy track
4.	壊れない水平線 03:07	buy track
5.	エレクトリックナイフ 03:07	buy track
6.	レフトライト 04:21	buy track
7.	夕暮れ漕ぎ海賊船 04:21	buy track
8.	K.O. O.K! 03:16	buy track
9.	くらげのダンス 04:25	buy track
10.	ズンドコヒョロヒョロ 03:17	buy track
11.	新世界ウラータ 03:25	buy track

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Based around guitarist/singer Akiko Yoshida, bassist Atsushi Oba and with drummer Tetsurou Suzuki joining them as a live member, Japanese indie/punk/new wave trio The Students may or may not have been named after a fictional band hinted at but never seen in the video for Supercar's "Lucky". They drew on a mixture of influences from Japan (Tama, Spitz, Number Girl) and overseas (Led Zeppelin, REM, Joni Mitchell, Prince) -- none of which were ever more than faintly detectable in their music. Instead, they used catchy pop hooks and lo-fi art-punk aesthetics to draw you into a fragile, awkward, stumbling, chaotic and beautiful universe entirely of their own.

This album is a collection of demos from between 2002-2008 that marks the band's sole recorded output. It was compiled by Tokyo-based music journalist and Call And Response Records owner Ian F. Martin, for whom The Students were an invaluable gateway into the Tokyo music scene, and who wrote about his experiences watching them in his love letter to Japanese indie music, "Quit Your Band! - Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground".

All songs by The Students
Artwork by Akiko Yoshida

This album has been made available for free by Call And Response Records (callandresponse.jimdo.com) with the permission of the band. Anyone who wants to pay is welcome to do so but needn't feel under any pressure.

(Call And Response will give any profits to the band unless they don't want it, in which case we'll put it towards future releases from new artists.)

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released February 1, 2018

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The Students Tokyo, Japan

Akiko Yoshida - guitar/vocal

Atsushi Oba - bass

Tetsurou Suzuki - drums

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