I forgot to mention that you can pre-order Wine To Chocolate at HMV Japan. (You can also find it at Tower Records, but you’ll have to order in Japanese.) The shipping is probably ridiculous, but I’m not sure whether we’ll be selling the album in our store, considering what a pain in the ass selling Shippo is.

F.Y.I.

Wine To Chocolate
Hidari
Bad News Records
March 4, 2009
¥1800

1. ChocolaTommy
2. Chōdo Ii Hutari
3. Seishun Marina
4. Sanpatsu
5. Tsuzuki Wa Mō Ii
6. Abunai Tasting
7. Maybe Baby
8. Kaban Ni Senkō Hanabi
9. Urepearl☆
10. Budō-shu Sanka

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*That’s ‘to’ as in Japanese for ‘and’ (not ‘to’ as in the English preposition) and should, as such, be pronounced like ‘toe’.

Well, we understand that the master has been burnt and should be winging its merry way to Taiwan for pressing any day now. In a few months it will be available for purchase at brick and mortar stores around the country. Then all that will be left for us to do is wait for the gigantic royalty checks to roll in so we can retire to the Bahamas.

A more official sort of release announcement will be forthcoming.