Note: The original version of this article mistakenly listed this as the debut EP of Up Hold, since it's difficult to find solid information on these Slam Records releases.
Now it's time to start exploring the Japanese bits of that recent Christmas haul! Here, we begin with The Unbleached, the second EP from hardcore J-punk band Up Hold, released in 1998 by Slam Records. It was difficult to find proper release info for this disc, since Slam Records is one of those Japanese labels that doesn't print specific dates on their back covers or obi strips. (While I don't have the obi for this CD, unfortunately, I do have the obis for Up Hold's other discs from Slam Records, and those don't list specific release dates either.) According to Up Hold's website, this was released on April 25th, 1998.
As this band went on, their hardcore punk had nu metal influences slowly trickle in (while I can't vouch for the sound of Deepness Of Disorder or its corresponding single for Intersect Of Light & Dark, I'm gonna bet it sounds quite a bit like the more melodic, watered down nu metal of about 2002 to 2003), but as far as their Slam Records material is concerned, this is their most refined and hardcore material. It's a bit slower than the songs on Answer, but it is more complex than the material on Water, and it meets a happy medium that works extraordinarily for the band.
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. TAT
2. Curves
3. Bosom
4. Acting
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