Part of PSF's new Kazuki Tomokawa art edition series bundling classic Tomokawa back catalogue in beautiful gatefold card jackets with all new art from Tomokawa himself. All releases limited to 500 copies. Ferocious live selection from this vital Japanese folk spirit with Tomokawa at some kind of apex of personal revelation. Highly recommended.

Part of PSF's new Kazuki Tomokawa art edition series bundling classic Tomokawa back catalogue in beautiful gatefold card jackets with all new art from Tomokawa himself. All releases limited to 500 copies. Another incredibly anguished live recording from one of the most singular avant/folk performers to come up through the Japanese underground. Solo and duos with longtime collaborator Masato Nagahata. Highly recommended.

Part of PSF's new Kazuki Tomokawa art edition series bundling classic Tomokawa back catalogue in beautiful gatefold card jackets with all new art from Tomokawa himself. All releases limited to 500 copies. Dream team hook-up from the two reigning kings of the Japanese folk-brut underground, with help from a cast of PSF heavies including the late free bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa. Highly recommended.

First completely solo album from Japanese folk spirit, gambler, actor, pin-up, painter and decadent poet Kazuki Tomokawa in 16 years. Consisting of just vocals and acoustic guitar, A Bumpkin’s Empty Bravado was recorded after an illness where Tomokawa was advised to temporarily give up drinking and smoking in order to save his life. Tomokawa is one of the great contemporary vocal stylists and the force and conviction of his delivery is so powerful that it effortlessly transcends the language barrier. His song-writing here is inspired, with melodies that sound a little like classic Dylan made a bit more elastic and given tougher phrasing. The bulk of the material feels like timeless folk-simple melodies re-birthed as vehicles for dark, surrealist violence and to counter the force of his striking vocal delivery he delivers some particularly tender guitar picking alongside this classic driving ballad style. Comes with a fold-out poster sleeve featuring art from Tomokawa and sleevenotes and lyrics in both English and Japanese. Highly recommended.