{"id":4333,"date":"2016-05-06T07:08:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hcdistro.com\/store\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2016-05-06T07:08:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:08:46","slug":"saturday-may-7-is-free-comic-book-day-do-you-have-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hcdistro.com\/store\/saturday-may-7-is-free-comic-book-day-do-you-have-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday May 7 is “Free Comic Book Day” – do you have this?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Record of the Week: <\/a>PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE\/<\/a>
\nSPEED GURU split EP + book<\/a><\/h2>\n

November 11th, 2014 by MRR<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

\n

\"speedguru-pcw\"<\/p>\n

This is a killer package containing a split 7\u201d of totally bonkers heavy psych featuring Japan\u2019s SPEED GURU<\/strong> with Kawabata from ACID MOTHER\u2019S TEMPLE<\/a> and Tabata from AMT\/ZENI GEVA\/BOREDOMS. PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE<\/strong><\/a> is outta Chicago and has been playing variants of psych and space rock since the late \u201990s. The record comes with a comic book that is packaged like the old Power Records comic book LPs (Planet of the Apes<\/em>,Spiderman vs. The Lizard People<\/em>, etc.). SPEED GURU lays the smackdown with a ton of distortion on \u201cSpeed Guru Theme,\u201d which is just the band saying their name over and over while fast and heavy psych plays over it. It\u2019s essentially the same song that PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE does on their side, only with a different self-shoutout. They later get into a wild hippie\/improv trip, which is much better than it sounds, I assure you. PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE\u2019s opener also has simple, heavy fuzzedout bombastic wah-wah and the second song is even more fuzzed out and distorted to hell. Musically this isn\u2019t punk like you know it but it\u2019s certainly DIY, which I can dig, ya dig?<\/p>\n

The enclosed book is a rad action comic illustrated by Plastic Crimewave (the person), which he co-writes with Kawabata<\/strong><\/a>. Crimewave also has done incredible work with his book-sized zine Galactic Zoo Dossier<\/em>, which covers loads of psych\/proto-punk\/space rock knowns and unknowns, and is all handwritten and hand drawn. The cover shows Kawabata as an \u201celectric samurai\u201d wailing his guitar into the outworlds. The line work, especially the used of cross-hatching and shadows is fantastic. The story of various psychedelic\/garage rock superheroes starts with Speed Guru\u00a0not being able to draw comics after a bike accident. He goes to see Ancient Asahito (who\u2019s drawn like Keiji Haino\u00a0as a monk) at the Acid Mother\u2019s Temple who tells him to \u201cchannel the elegant vibrations of the Cosmic Force of Electricity\u201d (and probably the ability to release a million records). This also features some great drawings of Kawabata, who is the Speed Guru and student of Asahito. Eventually, Speed Guru and Plastic Crimewave come to blows as Plastic attempts the \u201cMystic Garage Punk Chop\u201d (which is likely a nod to ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE\u2019s love for pro wrestling and\u00a0the fact that they often choke-slam guitars during shows). The story continues on with the battle of sound waves and space jams. I won\u2019t spoil the rest as you\u2019ll have to get this\u2026and soon!
\n(Prophase Music<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

\u2014 Justin Davisson<\/em><\/p>\n