Eat Meat, Swear An Oath

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Deluxe vinyl edition in heavy tip-on jacket with textured paper, mounted high quality print, foil stamped finishes and spot colours. Black Editions is pleased to announce the release of the definitive vinyl editions of two milestone, career-spanning works from Shinji Shibayama - one of the key architects of Japan's Kansai rock/psych/pop underground: The near-mythic, solitary release by the Hallelujahs, "Eat Meat, Swear an Oath" from 1986, and Nagisa Ni Te's "Newocean" first released in 2020 on the group's 25th anniversary - both beautifully remastered from the original analogue sources and presented in deluxe packaging. From his first releases in the early 1980s to the present day, Shibayama has championed a distinctive sound; embracing simplicity and gentle melodies right alongside adveturous, off-beat experimentation. His music has all the time glowed with a wide-eyed awe and wistful exaltation, a soundtrack for everything from everyday romance to the mysteries of the cosmos. Friends gathered in the studio by Shinji Shibayama, Hallelujahs created a music of deep feeling and wonderment with simple song craft and a guileless magic. The album was first released by the revered ORG Records in 1986 in a micro-edition of 300 copies. With affinities to the sounds of the Rough Trade and Flying Nun labels, and the Paisley Underground and Galaxie 500, the album is an utterly unique masterpiece that remains a touchstone for generations of like-spirited artists in Japan and around the world.