yura yura teikoku

here's yura yura teikoku, who formed in '89, appeared on psf records' tokyo flashback compilation series, and recorded four albs for ken matsutani's captain trip label before signing with sony (!!!) japan. somehow, they've managed to parlay velvets/rallizes weirdness into mass-ass popularity -- in japan, at least. go fig. maybe it's the surf-pop influence that's audible in the second clip. or the twisted zz top/john lee hooker-ism in the third. must...hear...more.