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Grinning Cat [Skintone Edition]

Susumu Yokota

Grinning Cat [Skintone Edition]

Lo Recordings

LO254

2LP White $48

SHIPS BY 2026-04-03
CD $19

SHIPS BY 2026-04-03
  • Long sought after reissue
  • 2x12" white vinyl, printed inner with abstract of original album artwork, in die cut outer with bellyband
  • Comes with 2 panel insert and poster
  • CD with printed sleeve notes and 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board

Description

Grinning Cat confounded devotees of Sakura with a far more complex set of tracks. A landscape of ambiguous emotional resonance within an album of measured extremes. Sentimental without being schmaltzy, joyful without being saccharine, Grinning Cat sees Yokota at his most playful and experimental, channelling moments of transitory wonder and jubilation, and opening up a sonic environment in which we can romp and play.

Preview Tracklist

  • 1 I Imagine
  • 2 King Dragonfly
  • 3 Card Nation
  • 4 Sleepy Eye
  • 5 Lapis Lazuli
  • 6 Balloon in the Cage
  • 7 Cherry Blossom
  • 8 Love Bird
  • 9 Fearful Dream
  • 10 Tears of a Poet
  • 11 So Red
  • 12 Flying Cat
  • 13 Lost Child