Kiyoaki Iwamoto

Forty years ago this summer, Joy Division released what became their only chart hit, Love Will Tear Us Apart.

December 1982, Tokyo. Kiyoaki Iwamoto has a guitar, a simple rhythm box, a friend with a bass guitar, and some stripped-down songs, brazen in their post-punk simplicity, irritation and controlled aggression, yet full of sadness and resignation. Five songs, including a rearranged version of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” are recorded and released on a now extremely rare 7” record. This release, available on 10” vinyl or CD, features those five songs.

• 1 Period
• 2 Even If You Can See Hell
• 3 In the Sad Town
• 4 Dont Go Too Far Away
• 5 Love Will Tear Us Apart
• 6 Love Will Tear Us Apart (Chisako and Junta Rework)
• 7 Untitled (Performed by Birei at Shinjuku Loft 1980)