"We're really inspired by Stanley Kubrick and we want to create a sound that reflects Kubrick's visual image," says guitarist Yuzuru Takeda of Molice. The band is due to release a new album titled "Catalystrock" later this month, and we're here in a small coffee shop on the band's home turf in Kokubunji, Tokyo, to talk about their celluloid-inspired rock.
The second track on the new album, "Romancer," demonstrates the cinematic appeal of Molice, with its spiky new-wave angles, the guitar stalks along while the bass jumps to the sleazy rock 'n' roll rhythm of a rundown, neon-lit street. "We were daydreaming about turning your personality inside out to become this smooth kind of a person," says Molice's lead singer and guitarist, Rinko, who only goes by one name.
On stage, Rinko and Takeda morph into edgier versions of their everyday selves.
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