
Whereas the original version has vocalist Hiroto Kōmoto delivering the opening lines over a few lone guitar chords to emphasize the lyrics,īecause you have a beauty that can't be reflected in pictures” Starting things off is “リンダリンダ (“Linda, Linda”) by The Blue Hearts, probably the most well-known song on the EP, due to so many other artists covering it, but most notably in this space by Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies, MxPx, and Andrew W.K. When it was ready to be commercially released, it was packaged as a replacement singer and each iteration featured its own “virtual idol”, with Hatsune Miku (which translates to “the first sound of the future”) being by far the most popular and recognizable to date.

Users are able to input lyrics and pitch shift them to form melodies. Vocaloid ska/punk/crust covers of songs featured in Japanese pop culture and anime? You are goddamned correct and they do it so well.įor a bit of background reference, vocaloid is a voice synthesizer program developed in the early 2000’s that emulates singing. Skatsune Miku’s self-titled EP is for sure a strange listen at first, but nails exactly what they set forth to do. The trü punx may have already left the page, but for those who are more adventurous, a real diamond in the rough awaits. bright pink artwork with a blue haired anime girl (sans nose?) flipping you off, checkerboard patterns, the word “ska”.


On first glance, you might be asking “What the hell is this?”.
