Apryl Fool – Apryl Fool – LP

Survival Research

Survival Research present a reissue of Apryl Fool‘s self-titled album, originally released in 1969. The story of Japanese psychedelic band Apryl Fool and their eponymous debut album is simply extraordinary. It was the vehicle by which bassist Haroumi Hosono first came to prominence, years before he became known as the “Godfather of Japanese electronica” as the founding member and leader of Yellow Magic Orchestra.

In September 1969, Apryl Fool played behind musical theater group, Tokyo Kid Brothers, the recording issued in minute quantity as the “Love & Banana” EP, issued on Columbia Japan’s Musicolor subsidiary; Apryl Fool‘s own LP, also issued on Musicolor that year, had extended spacey psychedelic freak jams in the form of “Tanger” and “Pledging My Time”, marathon blues-rock tracks such as “April Blues” and “Honky Tonk Jam”, with the employed English-sounding, fairly credible though, parts of the epic opus “The Last Mother Land”, featuring Japanese lyrics. Of course, the day that the LP was actually released is reportedly the day that Apryl Fool announced their termination, giving this scarce release another level of legend for connoisseurs.