 
Over the past couple of years the Japanese Voyeurs
have been working their arse off touring the toilet
sized venues across the UK whilst also taking
to the big stage on the odd occasion supporting
more high profile bands such as their recent support
slot on Slash’s headline tour of the UK,
the music that Japanese Voyeurs have released
started off very lacklustre, but the more singles
they have released the better and more exciting
they have got.
The band’s debut album ‘Yolk’
has been in the works for some time now and it
is good to see that it has finally been released,
and after listening to it a couple of times over
you really will start to appreciate the true potential
of the Japanese Voyeurs as the riffs are massive,
the drumming is constant and always providing
a big bang and the vocals of Romily are so distinctive
that she could well become your new favourite
front lady.
The album opens with ‘You’re So Cool’
and from the off some big and tasty sounding guitar
riffs come in with Romily’s wonderfully
loud and clear vocals coming in seconds later
and moments after that you are treated to the
repetitive yet upbeat chorus of “You’re
So Cool, You’re So Cool’,
‘Dumb’ is bloody amazing and really
deserves to be a future single and have some radio
play as the Japanese Voyeurs have managed to keep
their signature heavy sound but also managed to
make things sound that little bit extra up beat
and poppy, seriously the song runs at 100 miles
per hour and is not afraid of smashing everything
up in its tracks, this is the true mosh pit anthem
for all Japanese Voyeur fans.
‘Cry Baby’ is the band’s current
single and it really does remind me of Hole in
places and happens to be a big sounding grunge
song with dirty distorted guitar riffs, twangy
basslines, breathtaking drumming and a set of
vocals which you are bound to fall for from the
start.
‘Smother Me’ is a very interesting
track, it starts off in a stripped back way sounding
so mellow compared to the majority of the material
on the album and this really gives Romily time
to shine above everything with her beautiful vocal
range but as the song progresses a mad flurry
of heavy guitar riffs morphs the song into an
instrumental masterpiece which comes and goes
as the song continues to run.
‘Get Hole’ is one of the bands previous
singles and just like ‘Cry Baby’ it
reminds me very much of Hole with Romily’s
vocals having a Courtney Love feel about them.
The most genius moment on the album is ‘X-Ray
Ted’ as the song is heavy as fuck with some
of the best instrumental work that the Japanese
Voyeurs have ever come up with, the whole song
is very big and aggressive sounding and quite
progressive towards the end, vocally Romily is
on top form again and screams “I Only Want
To Be An Animal” over and over again.
If you leave the album to run after the last track
finishes you will hear a truly raw and passionate
performance from Romily as sings and screams her
heart out in a very stripped down dirty way with
lyrics of “That Little Bitch, That Little
Liar, That Little Skank, That Little Whole”
sending shivers down your spine.
Japanese Voyeurs have managed to create a stunningly
raw album thanks to the help of ‘GGGarth
Richardson’ who handled the production duties,
and I believe that you will start to hear from
the Japanese Voyeurs a lot more now that ‘Yolk’
is out.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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