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[CD Review] Nisennenmondai, 'Neji/Tori' (Smalltown Supersound)By Doug WallenPublished on September 03, 2008 at 10:53amWant to know who influenced Nisennenmondai? Read the Japanese trio’s song titles. “Pop Group,” “This Heat” and “Sonic Youth” are among the instrumentals on the cult, all-girl outfit’s Neji EP, paired here with the Tori EP for the band’s first release outside their homeland. This isn’t some copycat homage, though, and each of those tracks definitely sounds more like Nisennenmondai than its eponym. In fact, the band’s driving, almost-punishing groove is minimal and cyclical enough to safely couch the players’ original inspirations.
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