LIP CREAM "Kill Ugly Pop" LP (Royal Blue Vinyl) RestockJan2026 ’s music evokes Koro’s lightning-speed

’s music evokes Koro’s lightning-speed intricacy and the Adolescents’ surfy hooks

Prime era punk electrocuters

Still upon repeated listening

Captured the band in their short-lived prime

LIP CREAM "Kill Ugly Pop" LP (Royal Blue Vinyl) RestockJan2026 ’s music evokes Koro’s lightning-speedLIP CREAM's first full length album, KILL UGLY POP, is a work that can be called epoch making in Japan's hardcore punk scene. The Japanese hardcore movement that emerged between 1980 and 1981 was characterized by fashion such as Trojan and spiky hair with studded jackets, and the sound was also heavily influenced by UK hardcore. However, LIP CREAM The band incorporated American hardcore into their sound, and created a uniquely Japanese hardcore niche