Strawberry Switchblade, The Afterlife of a Band In Japan | Esoteric Internet

The band that has been big Since Yesterday (in Japan). Support ►►►   / pseudiom   Ecks ►►►   / pseudiom   SSB stands for Strawberry Switchblade. It was a band that straddled many lines: Post-Punk, Gothic, New Romantic, Neo-Victorian, New Wave, etc... It was a duo of Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson from Scotland. It was more the name that created the duo than the duo that created the name. Still, the Scottish pair were a sardonic, sometimes self-contradictory pair. Often reduced to a simple moment of sound and fashion in the 1980s, Strawberry Switchblade was a fascinating project that (beyond Scotland and Japan) has been the object of rediscovery since the early 2000s. Their sound ethereal, their story oddly bitter, and their influence far reaching. Ironically, their only album "Strawberry Switchblade" (1985) was already full of the retrospective melancholy that colored any later mention of them. The edge was already in the name. There's original fans of Strawberry Switchblade, post-fans of Strawberry Switchblade, and cult fans of Strawberry Switchblade. While reduced to a Pop act in marketing, Strawberry Switchblade's influence would end up being far reaching. In foreign markets, their names passed alongside people like David Bowie, David Sylvian, Steve Jansen and Ryuichi Sakamoto. There style slotting them into the Japanese music business alongside acts like Zelda and Ann Lewis. Acts that they, as Strawberry Switchblade, more or less resembled. The Japanese Internet still has somewhat of a hidden fascination for the duo due to their staying power in Japan. Due to photographer Peter McArthur, there remains an entire rich, visual history of Strawberry Switchblade. Consult encyclopedias though and you will find little mention of Strawberry Switchblade, Jill Bryson, even Rose McDowall. Strawberry Switchblade then (until recently) has always been more of a visual or oral story. That is perhaps why they survived better in the Gothic elements than the critical elements. As Rose McDowall concluded, "...we weren't quite straight enough for a lot of people who were watching it." So why does the fairy-tale of SSB end as a sort of ghost story on the Internet? #StrawberrySwitchblade - #Japan - #SinceYesterday ————— Credits: Intro Animation by Scott Luís Masson/SLM Illustration: https://slmillustration.com/ / Instagram:   / slm_illustration   / Facebook:   / scottlmasson   Intro Music by Ben Elliott:   / benelliottsound   ————— Video Sources (Support the creators/uploaders): https://rentry.co/Strawberry_Switchbl... ————— Music: Tomohito Nishiura (Professor Layton and the Curious Village OST) - "The Mysterious Girl" (00:00-02:32) Ben Elliot - "Midnight Dream Oil" (02:32-02:48) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Land of Hope" (02:48-04:55) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Depature" (04:55-06:44) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Norune Village" (06:44-08:13) Tomohito Nishiura (Professor Layton and the Curious Village OST) - "The Veil of Night" (08:13-11:45) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Factory" (11:45-14:01) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Queens" (14:01-15:46) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Shipwreck" (15:46-17:29) Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts OST) - "Dearly Beloved" (17:29-18:26) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Broken Promise" (18:26-19:51) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "The Rowdy" (19:51-24:54) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud II OST) - "Moonlight Tango" (24:54-26:41) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Demon Shaft" (26:41-30:05) Tomohito Nishiura (Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box OST) - "A Moment of Rest" (30:05-32:32) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Two Moons" (32:32-32:57) Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud OST) - "Muska Lacka" (32:57-33:36) Strawberry Switchblade - "By The Sea" (33:36-34:08) ————— All copyrighted media, images, and music respective owner(s). ————— Sources: https://rentry.co/Strawberry_Switchbl... ————— A Post-Thanks For Watching