Don’t Kill Words! Urbangarde Spreads Propaganda in the New MV, “Kuchibiru Democracy”

| Artist | Posted by Kenji Harada on Nov.02.2015

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Yet again, the traumatic rock band “Urbangarde” has released a work addressing unsolvable problems. The title is “Kuchibiru Democracy,” and it is the lead track on their new album “Showa 90 Nen” slated to be released on December 9th. It seems the work sounds alarm bells concerning the confused modern world, interpreting it as an extension of the Showa period. (The current Japanese era is “Heisei.” Showa is the one prior, from 1926-1989.)
In the music video, Urbangarde members give speeches while dressed in military uniform. The audience, presumably their supporters, wear gas masks and wave flags. It is a stirring video.

The powerful melody is the opposite of an enumeration of abstract words. It is like a war song which, combined with the electronic sound of the opening, leaves quite an impression. The thrill-inducing words seem to be channeled directly into one’s brain.

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According to Temma Matsunaga, this clear proclamation is followed by very emotional guitar and piano solos. You can sense the bloodlust in opposing eras.

The below is an urgent proclamation Matsunaga Temma makes in “Kuchibiru Democracy.”

“Showa year 90.
Occasionally at war, the world is getting made.
Lipstick missiles fall from the sky, ensuring girls remember make-up and kisses.
The sole means of resistance to war is freedom. Love.

Occasionally at war, the world is being produced.
Unknown to people who do nothing but gaze at LCD screens, the war has already begun.
They are all already ghosts.

Don’t kill words.”

昭和九十年。
時に戦時中、世界はメイク中。
少女が化粧を覚えるように、キスを覚えるように、
口紅型のミサイルが空から降ってくる。
戦争に反対する唯一の手段は、
自由であること。恋すること。

時に戦時中、世界はメイキング中。
液晶を覗いてばかりいる国民たちには知らされていない、
既に戦争が始まっていること。
既にみんな、幽霊だってこと。

言葉を、殺すな。

What in the world kind of democracy is Urbangarde attempting to create?
After songs recorded on the album, they plan to release music videos for other songs. Let’s await their next proclamation.

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By the way, it appears that this work, which contains radical expressions including depictions of mushroom clouds, is predictably prohibited from being broadcast on Japanese broadcasting stations.
In Japan, music videos (MV) are sometimes called promotion videos (PV); he himself describes this video as a “Propaganda Video”.

“Don’t kill words.” The real meaning that he sought to express in these words and the darkness within himself must be very profound.

The statement for “Showa 90 Nen

The intersecting past and future, that’s the present. Life and death.
The year 90 of the Showa Era is a parallel version of 2015 engulfed in war. Ghosts roam the streets, they talk on the internet and pursue an illusion of life. The social networks all the people use to manage information control them and impose language regulations.
Finding Tokyo turned into ruins, ”Don’t Kill, Don’t Kill, Don’t Kill the Words.” is the band’s first and an extremely conceptual album.

交錯する過去と未来、そして現在。生と死。
昭和九十年はパラレルなもう一つの二〇一五年。そこは戦時下である。
街には幽霊があふれ、彼らはネット上で会話し、生の幻を追っている。
人々はSNSによって情報管理され、管理し合い、言語統制がひかれている。
廃墟になった東京で発見された、バンド初・至極のコンセプト・アルバム。
「殺すな、殺すな、言葉を殺すな」

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Showa 90 Nen [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

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Related Link
Urbangarde official website : http://urbangarde.net/
Urbangarde official facebook : https://www.facebook.com/urbangarde

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Kenji Harada

The venerable Japanese word "kawaii" is not the adjective "cute"; it is just a word used to communicate the state of mind of feeling love for something.