Eat Meat, Swear an Oath

A beautiful and criminally overlooked gem of the Japanese underground, this album is a stunningly sparse and psychedelic work. 'Eat Meat, Swear an Oath' is a mellow and hypnotic blend of sounds, fusing the patient, minimalist drift of slowcore with the hazy textures of neo-psychedelia and the gentle melodies of folk rock. It's a calm, warm, and deeply melancholic record from the project of You Ishihara, who would later form the iconic band White Heaven.