Album Info Hide Show Artist: Anamanaguchi Album: [USA] Released: USA & Canada, 2019 Tracklist: A1 [ U S A ] A2 Lorem Ipsum (Arctic Anthem) A3 The C R T Woods A4 Speak To You [Memory Messengers] B5 Sunset By Plane B6 Air On Line C7 Apophenia Light [Name Eaters] C8 Overwriting Incorporate C9 B S X C10 On My Own D11 Up To You D12 Tear D13 We Die D14 [ L O M ] Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. 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If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Dropping the needle on Anamanaguchis [USA] feels like powering on an old console in a room full of amps. The screens glow, but the room shakes too. This is the New York quartet at full widescreen, a big-hearted chiptune-pop record that arrived in 2019 after a long gap since Endless Fantasy, and it plays like a reset and an upgrade at the same time. They cut their teeth wiring Nintendo and Game Boy sound chips into sugar-rush punk, then leveled up with the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game soundtrack in 2010. [USA] carries that DNA but shoots for something grander, a record that lets emotion and melody carry as much weight as speed and flash. Part of its charm is how physical it feels. Anamanaguchi has always been a band in the literal sense. Peter Berkman and Ary Warnaars guitars dont just sit on top of the bleeps. They tangle with them, pushing the hooks into something sharp and iridescent. James DeVitos bass gives the low end a kick you feel in your chest, and Luke Silas plays like a drummer who loves pop as much as punk, pulling crisp patterns out of frantic arrangements. That mix of hand-built electronics and human muscle gives [USA] a live-wire urgency that still hits years later. The singles set the tone. On My Own, with HANA on vocals, floats like a late-night drive that suddenly turns into a fireworks show. Her voice slices cleanly through a skyline of arpeggios, then rides a chorus that feels instantly familiar. It is glossy but not plastic, a reminder that Anamanaguchi can write a pop song without sanding off their edges. Lorem Ipsum (Arctic Anthem) goes bigger and icier. You can almost see the frost forming on those bell-like leads, then melting when the chorus lets the guitars roar. The title reads like a joke for designers, but the song lands with serious heft. What keeps [USA] compelling is pacing. The band is known for breakneck tempos, yet the album keeps opening space inside the rush. Themes recur. Melodies knit together. Moments that feel like boss-fight finales bloom into something more reflective. You get flashes of the DIY scene that raised them, but also a sense that they were chasing the idea of a modern American pop record filtered through old chips and new obsessions. It is the kind of album that makes you think about highways and clouds while youre stuck on the subway. If youre the type who cares about format, the [USA] vinyl is a real treat. Polyvinyls pressing gives the highs room to shimmer and the kick drums proper punch, which matters on a record that lives and dies by how it balances sparkle and slam. I first spun it at the shop after closing, lights half out, and that side A lift made the back wall feel a few feet farther away. The synths flicker like CRT scanlines, the snare snaps, the low end rounds out. If youre building a section of Anamanaguchi albums on vinyl, this is the one that makes the shelf feel complete. There is history folded into the grooves too. Fans who came in through Scott Pilgrim will recognize the jubilant, laser-tag brightness, but [USA] reads as more reflective. It arrived in a moment when nostalgia was currency, and yet the record doesnt feel nostalgic. It treats the old sound chips as instruments, not novelty, and frames them with arrangements that nod to pop-punk, trance, and widescreen indie. You can hear the band aiming for songs that stand up even if you stripped the chips out, and that confidence shows. The best pop records make you feel like youre inside them. [USA] does that with color and motion. The hooks are sticky. The builds are patient. Even the quieter corners hum. It is a record that rewards both quick hits and full-album plays, which is probably why it has stuck in rotation while so many internet-era curiosities faded. Ive recommended it to club kids, soundtrack nerds, and guitar lifers, and it wins them over for different reasons. If youre crate-digging, you will find plenty of Anamanaguchi vinyl floating around, but [USA] is the one I point to when someone asks where to start. You can buy Anamanaguchi records online through the label or your favorite shop, and if youre browsing vinyl records Australia shops or a Melbourne record store, keep an eye out for this one. It is the rare bright-and-loud album that still feels generous, like a night drive with the windows down after a long week. As a listen on speakers it thrills. As a document of a band stepping into a bigger frame, it sticks the landing. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review