''Super Champon'' is an album by the Japanese punk rock band
Otoboke Beaver
is a Japanese punk rock band from Kyoto, formed in 2009. The band currently consists of singer Accorinrin, guitarist Yoyoyoshie, bassist Hirochan, and drummer Kahokiss. Their most recent album '' Super Champon'' was released in May 2022.
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It is the band's first full studio album featuring all new songs, rather than fully or partially compiling songs from previously-released EPs and rarities.
Background
The album was preceded by the singles "Dirty Old Fart Is Waiting for My Reaction" and "I Am Not Maternal". According to the band, the word ''Champon'' in the album's title refers to their mixing of genres, while the word "is a Japanese noun meaning a mixture or jumble of things of different types... It also sounds like Champion."
The song "I Put My Love to You in a Song JASRAC" is a reference to the
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The songs "I Am Not Maternal" and "I Won't Dish Out Salads" are both commentaries on the social demands placed on Japanese women.
The song "Don't Call Me Mojo" is an ode to a Japanese TV show about undesirable women.
Guitarist Yoyoyoshie, who is also an artist and animator, created the cartoon videos for the songs "I Am Not Maternal" and "I Don't Want to Die Alone".
Reception
''Super Champon'' received generally positive reviews from critics. ''
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'' described the album as "fiercer" than its predecessor ''
Itekoma Hits'', and called it "a tart smattering of face-scrunching, neon candy." Reviewer Madison Bloom continued, "for them, every social nicety is teetering on a ledge, looking down into mayhem. ''Super Champon'' is the sound of Otoboke Beaver shoving them over, one by one."
''Narc'' magazine noted the album's "blistering guitars and drums, wildly rampageous lyrics and masterful musicianship that bobs and weaves like a flyweight on speed."
According to a reviewer for ''Everything Is Noise'', the band has "harnessed even more entropy than before to bounce off the walls in ''even more'' impressive and captivating ways, all while being more concise than ever and without losing the breadth of their music."
Track listing
Personnel
* Accorinrin – lead vocals
* Yoyoyoshie – guitar, backing vocals
* Hirochan – bass, backing vocals
* Kahokiss – drums, backing vocals
Charts
References
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2022 albums
Otoboke Beaver albums
Damnably albums