Interview by Edgar Barrington
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Aside from being the best band on Earth The Registrators are also the nicest guys on Earth. Singer/guitarist/songwriter Hiroshi Otsuki and manager Takaya Nagashima took me out to an izakaya (one of those places where naked women crawl around with sushi on them) where we drank a lot and did an interview.

If you only know the band for their Rip Off Records debut Terminal Boredom and masterpiece Sixteen Wires, sorry to be snobby, but you are missing out on their best stuff! Released only in Japan, Velocity took everything great about Sixteen Wires to the next level, more pop, more new wave, unbelievable songwriting, ballsy yet perfect effects, and a high budget recording that does the band justice! Next was No Fantasy, a little tougher, a little more lo fi, but essentially 7 more under-3-minute wonders (double 7″/CDEP).

The Modernist: I was wondering about being a band in Japan, where you practice, how often you’re able to practice?

Otsuki: We rent a practice studio for four hours a week. We want more time but the rest of the band, they have jobs. We are always doing new songs, arrangements and things. I wrote many songs and we want to change, so we would like to practice more but now it is difficult.

Do the other guys in the band have jobs?

Yeah they have jobs. Jun, the guitarist works in a hospital…

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