Lust For Youth - International the smiths Imai was a student of

Imai was a student of two of the foundational artists of the Japanese avant-garde: Masayuki Takayanagi

appear to have passed)

“A stunningly fluent mixture of avant-garde instrumentation and subversions of rock’n’roll

’ a song that was catapulted into the mainstream (a transatlantic top 5 hit

The trio moved to the United States in the early 80s

Lust For Youth - International the smiths Imai was a student ofTo put it bluntly, Lust For Youth's International is unrecognizable as a Lust For Youth record on first listen. Hannes Norrvide's previous solo albums under the Lust for Youth moniker have been described as "dark, cold, atonal, tormented, lonely, and lower than lo fi." The approach on International has shifted dramatically. Norrvide's work has always had pop sensibilities buried deep in the reverb, but the hooks are front and center on International,