HIBUSHIBIRE ‘Phantom Fuzzy Exotica’ Swirling Mass LP with OBI
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artist: HIBUSHIBIRE
title: 'Phantom Fuzzy Exotica’
catalogue # REPOSELP166
format: Vinyl LP / Swirling Mass Orange/Red Marble 'Label Exclusive'
release date: August 28th 2026
barcode# 5051142053985
*** Please remember the images are mock ups of how it 'should' look, but due to the nature of marble vinyl, it's possible the final thing may look different once pressed ***
LP Tracklisting
A1. Mandrake Oracle (7:02)
A2. Minagoroshi Western (6:57)
A3. Daydream Rendezvous (5:30)
B1. Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Electric Nonsense (5:13)
B2. Ai Vist Lo Lop (Trad.Arr) (13:10)
Osaka quartet HIBUSHIBIRE return this August with their fifth studio album ‘Phantom Fuzzy Exotica‘.
Phantom Fuzzy Exotica continues to find the band exploring their own little universe, where psychedelia, 70’s hard rock and folk rock influences collide. You’ve got the short punchy riff heavy songs, the mellow time-out bits, and of course the epic psych jams and more vocals then previously. It’s all here, and as always they deliver the goods.
The band bring their intense live show over in August/September for another European tour to coincide.
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Phantom Fuzzy Exotica … in the bands own words
The initial image behind this album was “phantoms”- things that seem to exist, yet somehow don’t.
Another thing that sets this album apart from our previous releases is that four of the five tracks feature vocals.
The only instrumental is “Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Electric Nonsense.” We didn’t consciously plan it that way; it just happened naturally. After finishing last year’s tour, we didn’t have much time, but everyone’s ideas came together, and I think we’ve created an album we’re truly satisfied with.
Mandrake Oracle
The opening track of the album.Built around a single guitar riff by changchang, while the other instruments and electronics keep pushing the music forward. Personally, I imagined Deep Purple playing a Pink Floyd song while writing this one.
Minagoroshi Western
Imagined as the soundtrack to a fictional spaghetti western.
In the end … everybody dies.
Daydream Rendezvous
A piece of daydream acid psychedelic folk.
Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Electric Nonsense
Hard psychedelic jazz rock. The title is a little nod to Frank Zappa.
Ai Vist Lo Lop (Cover)
I’ve always loved Ai Vist Lo Lop by the wonderful Occitan traditional band Mont-Jòia, and I’d wanted to cover it someday. We especially enjoyed creating the a cappella section and finding the right sound for the main melody.
We sincerely hope you enjoy listening to this album as much as we enjoyed making it. — changchang
The Phantom Fuzzy Exotica European Tour 2026
AUGUST
19th Archive, Liverpool (UK)
20th Ivory Blacks, Glasgow (UK)
21st The Golden Lion, Todmorden (UK)
22nd The Bunkhouse, Swansea (UK)
23rd Beautiful Days, Devon (UK)
25th The Peer Hat, Manchester (UK)
26th Le Pub, Newport (UK)
27th Strongroom Bar, London (UK)
28th The Holloway, Norwich (UK)
29th The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham (UK)
SEPTEMBER
1st DND, Dunkirk (FR)
3rd Pilsen Busking Fest, Pilsen (CZ)
4th Pilsen Busking Fest, Pilsen (CZ)
6th Riff, Budapest (HU)
7th Végállomás Klub, Szombathely (HU)
8th A Beton, Győr (HU)
9th Chemiefabrik, Dresden (DE)
10th Bar Neun, Berlin (DE)
11th Subsol, Dusseldorf (DE)
12th Magasin 4, Brussels (BE)
13th De Onderbroek, Nijmegen (NL)
14th La Bulle Café, Lille (FR)
HIBUSHIBIRE are
Changchang (Guitar/Vocal/Bouzouki/Electronics/Melting Eye Spectacle)
Tetsuji Toyoda (Bass/Vocal/Mermaid Mountain)
AOI HAMA (Drums/Vocal/Cat Tongue Queen)
Kohei Katsuma (Conga/Vocal/Theremin/Percussion/God Dog Family)