Portable Rock -- Yuutsu no Hold Me（憂ウツの (Hold Me)）

For the last entry tonight, I have another rare number from the New Wave group Portable Rock which was fronted by future Pizzicato Five vocalist Maki Nomiya（野宮真貴）.

My first entry for this eclectic unit was "Haru Shite, Koi Shite, Mitsumete, Kiss Shite"（春して、恋して、見つめて、キスして）which was originally recorded in 1986 and had all that synthy goodness of a bubbly Seiko Matsuda（松田聖子）tune created by one of the guys at Yellow Magic Orchestra. Yes, indeed it was The Divine Miss M singing this song.

Well, from their 2nd full album "Dance Volunteer" which came out in 1987 is the first track "Yuutsu no Hold Me" (Depression's Hold Me). And this time while keeping the New Wave intact, the arrangement has more of a harder PSY-S feeling to it as I enjoy those thumping synths. It sounds rather British, although at the same time, I'm reminded somehow of the US synthpop band Information Society and their hit "What's On Your Mind?". Man, those were good days on the dance floor.

"Yuutsu no Hold Me" was written by Seira Asakura（あさくらせいら）and composed by Portable Rock bassist Nobuo Nakahara（中原信雄）.