Lip Cream- Kill Ugly Pop

Label: Relapse / Dynamite

Reissued 2025, Originally released 1986

LIP 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 that was still unfamiliar to most Japanese listeners at the time. KILL UGLY POP marks the era of LIP CREAM that presented a new genre style that has since evolved uniquely in Japan. For this Relapse release, KILL UGLY POP features digitally remastered audio, preserving the band’s raw intensity. The artwork features lavish and playful elements. The design, a collaboration between photographer Jin Sato and painter Yasuo Yagi remains innovative, redefining the traditional image of hardcore/punk at the time.

Track listing:

1. Shangri-La
2. Fight In The Street (Teenage Warning)
3. Stop The City
4. Give Us The Truth
5. The Pusher
6. 夕焼け
7. Kill Ugly Pop!!
8. No Rules
9. For My Life
10. Fareless Drunker
11. Kill The Hincty
12. Back In The Anger
13. 赤羽線バイオレンス (Violence In Red Wing Line No.2)
14. Suicidal