Shugo Tokumaru—Toss—Color LP Vinyl Record—

For fans of Elliott Smith, Kishi Bashi, Deerhoof, Dirty Projectors, Lullatone

File under beautiful and artful folk pop in Japanese (this time around)

 

Shugo Tokumaru began recording his sweet and eccentric lo-fi indie pop songs -- songs that nod to artists like Plamo, Lullatone, amd PWRFL Power—in the early 2000s. He recorded a ten-track demo CD-R, Fragment, in 2003. The album was never officially released, but it did manage to grab the attention of the U.S. label Music Related, which released Tokumaru's second full-length, Night Piece, in 2004. Tokumaru went on to release a couple more albums over the course of the next few years L.S.T.  followed in 2005 and Exit was released in Japan in 2007. The latter was re-released on the U.S. label Almost Gold in 2008. For 2010's Port Entropy, Tokumaru adopted a slightly more polished, but still playful, approach. Port Entropy was also his first album to enter the Oricon Top 40 chart in his native Japan. While making his third album, In Fous, Tokumaru spent hours layering hundreds of sounds into intricate collages that were mastered at Abbey Road studios. The results were released in Japan in late 2012 and in the rest of the world in early 2013.

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PACKING AND SHIPPING

See my feedback when it comes to shipping and packaging! All of my records come in NEW vinyl mailer boxers (well, sometimes I recycle the really good, expensive mailers)  Many records come wrapped in bubble wrap with cardboard sleeves on the outside and again wrapped with extra shrink—that's to keep the loses tight so the seams don't split When applicable, I reinforce the record mailer with extra cardboard “planks” around the corner edges of each side.  Each box is clearly labeled “FRAGILE” and includes a professional sticker stating so.  I have a few other undisclosed secrets I use to get the package to you safe and sound. In 15 years, I have had only two records damaged after leaving my store. FINALLY, your purchase is going to a great cause! To help me launch my own independent record label; NIN9VOLT Records that will soon release its first record of a really cool, well known indie artist that is going to have everyone saying, “Hell yeah, it’s about time that was pressed on vinyl!” (It was only released on CD a few years ago, and I am excited. [understatement]) I will never give my money to Planned Parenthood.

So, thanks for looking and if you read all of this, God bless you.