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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Heavenstamp -- Stand By You



Wow! Hard-rockin' nurses with black stripes over their eyes? Ringo Shiina(椎名林檎)must be near by.

Not exactly, though. It's actually the band Heavenstamp with their first major single "Stand By You" released in May 2011. The vocalist/guitarist Sally#Cinnamon, though, did start listening to Shiina and the band Spitz(スピッツ), before also being drawn in by Radiohead, according to a Tower Records Online interview. At the time, Heavenstamp consisted of her, guitarist Tomoya.S, bassist Shikichin and drummer Mika, although the last two left in 2012 and 2013 respectively, so that it's a duo as of now. According to J-Wiki, Heavenstamp wanted to incorporate guitar rock, shoegazer and dance music into their output.

I do like the video with all of the colours and the nurses and "Stand By You" does have a catchy beat which somehow reminds me of some of the music from New Order back in the 1980s.


The single made it up to No. 39 on the charts. In April 2016, the electro duo 80kidz made a remix of the original song, and I see that the Dancing Baby is back! So far, Heavenstamp has released 4 major singles and 2 albums, along with one mini-album in 2014.



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