Ska-punk band KEMURI will release their best-of album Ska Bravo through JPU Records on September 30th.
This UK exclusive edition of Ska Bravo sees KEMURI’s original members join forces, along with their live support musicians, to cover and re-record 17 of their greatest tracks, taken from a career spanning three decades.
Some of the highlights include their ultimate anthem PMA (Positive Mental Attitude), Standing in the rain with its lyrics paying homage to Madness, and New Generation which originally appeared on their debut album Little Playmate, released by ROADRUNNER JAPAN in 1997.
In total Ska Bravo features 12 energy-filled songs sung entirely in English, one instrumental piece and four tracks in Japanese. The latter have their lyrics translated into English for the first time in the album’s 16-page booklet, along with transliterations that allow fans to sing along phonetically, without needing to be fluent in Japanese.
Famed illustrator and manga writer Taiyo Matsumoto also returns. The "Tekkonkinkreet" creator’s first and only other time to work with KEMURI was on the artwork for Little Playmate. This time round Matsumoto has supplied art for the cover, booklet, backcard and CD, while the inlay features a selection of photos from KEMURI when they toured the United States last year. They will return to America this November with further tour dates.
KEMURI will be in the UK from October 3rd as part of the Fireball – Fuelling The Fire Tour 2016, featuring some of the best live bands the international punk scene has to offer, and headlined by Florida ska-punk band Less Than Jake. The full list of shows on which KEMURI will appear can be found in the schedule further down the page.
