Hello

AMG Review of Hello

Kieran McCarthy
All Music Guide

Don't look now, but Half Japanese may have blossomed into a bona fide ock band. Hello, the group's second issue for Alternative Tentacles, highlights the ock side of this /p>

oise rock ensemble more than any of their previous albums. Distortion pedals are turned low, the indecipherable lyrics are enunciated clearly; it's one of the least outrageous Half Japanese albums yet. The Fair brothers really rock out on "Patty," and "Mississippi," well, you could even call it poppy. The line-up for this incarnation includes Jason Willett, Gilles V. Rieder, and John Sluggett.