Japanese guitarist Mamoru Banzai has been wowing audiences for years now as a member of the Ichi-Bons, whose high-energy garage/rockabilly bop has taken them around the world and made for an impressive run of essential 45s. There's another, equally impressive, side to Banzai, though, and that's what is showcased here on his debut solo record. Drawing on rock'n'roll, blues, rockabilly, and western soundtracks, these three instrumentals, all written for films, are at once twangy, soulful, and cinematic, landing somewhere between Ennio Morricone and Link Wray. Limited pressing of 200 in pocket sleeve. (UGLY POP UP088)