Up-Tight has been played on NTS shows including Around the World in 7 Record Stores, with Melt Rain first played on 11 May 2024.

Black-clad and with an ominous aura created by their distorted guitar epics, burnt-out ballads and raucous mantric jam, Up-Tight are a force to be reckoned with. Heading up the second generation of Japanese psychedelic rock acts (influenced by acts such as Fushitsusha, Kousokuya and Shizuka) they're one of the best live groups in Japan. As you might expect from their name, there's a chiselled intensity to their playing which displays some startling post Velvets stances. With the movwa to lay down spontaneusly…