CAUSE FOR PAUSE

After Naoki Hashimoto left in 1999 the three who remained decided to carry on without replacing him, with the bassist Yoshihiro Yasui taking the vocals. This is the second album of that period and the ninth in all, released on 21 April 2004 by Victor Entertainment with the catalogue number VICP-62665. The records of these years are plainer in construction than those made with Hashimoto, and sit closer to heavy rock, or to rock and roll, than to metal. Twelve songs, from Bleed Out to La Luna Del Desierto. Deadbeat was also issued as a single the same year, VICP-62617. That song has gone on being sung since Hashimoto returned. Written by three men and played by four, it still comes out sounding unmistakably like this band. The disc carries a CD-Extra section with the promotional video for Deadbeat and a piece called The Funny Days In Joshua Tree. The running order here is as printed on release.