This is the holy grail. The album version on Who Are You? is polished to a mirror shine. This demo is filthy . Tatsuya Mitsumura’s guitar feedback bleeds into the vocal track. You can hear a chair squeak at 0:43. It feels like you’re standing in their cramped Tokyo rehearsal room.
However, in 2009, a fan ripped this demo tape, compressed it to 128kbps MP3, and packed it into a WinRAR archive. To prevent the label from taking it down via automated crawlers, they password-protected it. The password? . NICO Touches the Walls - -Password is niconico-.rar
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If you were a fan of late-2000s J-Rock, you remember the holy trinity: the opening riff of “Hologram” (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), the melancholic drive of “Diver” (Naruto Shippuden), and the raw, unpolished energy of their indie B-sides. This demo is filthy