''Pop Tune'' is the 18th

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trio

Shonen Knife Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional lyr ...

. It was released in Japan on June 6, 2012, and in early June in the U.S., U.K., and Europe. Along with lead guitar and main vocalist Naoko, the group's bassist, Ritsuko, provides the lead vocals for the song "Sunshine" and drummer

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is the lead vocalist for the song "Psychedelic Life". "Osaka Rock City" was used as the theme song for the 2013

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ese film '' Soul Flower Train''.NEW SHONEN KNIFE album "PopTune" out worldwide in June !!!! http://goodcharamel.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-shonen-knife-album-poptune-out.html

Track listing

# "Welcome to the Rock Club" # "Pop Tune" # "Osaka Rock City" # "All You Can Eat" # "Paper Clip" # "Psychedelic Life" # "Mr. J" # "Ghost Train" # "Sunshine" # "Move On"

Personnel

* Naoko Yamano - guitar, vocals *

Ritsuko Taneda is a Japanese people, Japanese musician, best known as the bass guitarist and rhythm guitarist for the pop punk band Shonen Knife from 2006 to 2016. Before joining Shonen Knife, she was a guitarist and vocalist for the J-Pop groups Keihan Girl a ...

- bass, backing vocals *Emi Morimoto - drums, backing vocals

References

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