how it makes her feel.

Here's an older tune, circa 2000 - 2004-ish. My friends daughter did this one again...I know the puppies, driving theme is getting predominant in these videos, but bear with her, she's just a kid. Thanks Bean..... maybe lighten up on the puppies thing for the next one for me...

perfectsound / God

another video by the bean...thanks kid! now get your homework done.

the overpass

fool (heart stop)

this love is heavy, 2

a winter between us.

wow, you're on a roll beanut...thank you!

grey.

thanks again bean.

on a good day

thanks again beanie.

pretty good, bye

thanks bean....

perfectsound / thin

thanks again bean & luke for making this for me.!

perfectsound / half an hour

from 2004's "airports are a good place for goodbye"

another lovely video by Bean. Thanks, kid!

perfectsound / sweetheart, maybe

a tune off "The Baltic Sea : b-sides" cd from 2008.

lovely video treatment and visuals by my friends daughter, Bean.

perfectsound / parapluie

The 5th single....

perfectsound / snow

The 4th single. Singles dropping like flies! Damn!

Perfectsound / "this evening we are at loss"

The 3rd single & video. Shot using the Digital harinezumi on a recent trip to visit the Old lady.

perfectsound / certain earthquakes

video by spazz & the empire.

perfectsound / atlantis, my love

perfectsound / these things we love

bad animation by sakurai

perfectsound / 4: american painter (2010)

all songs recorded, played and written onto analog 8-track cassette by kenn sakurai.

painting / serigraphy and design by esm-artificial

1995 - 2006 a few b-sides collected

all songs written, played and recorded onto analog 8-track cassette by kenn sakurai

sleeve design and photography by esm-artificial



The Baltic Sea b-sides

perfectsound / true love has my back

perfectsound / with you

the baltic sea (2008)

Thanks to James Beckwith "Buckwheet" Maxwell for the Mr Wheet's Hobo Mix.

Thanks to spazzy for the lyric sheet and cd drawings.

sleeve: esm-artificial / kenn sakurai



a bunch of junk

1. ask me jon (demo)* 
2. heavyweight (demo) 
3. here i go (demo) 
4. marigold (demo)*
5. natalie (demo)
6. a summer's promise (demo) 
7. travellers (demo) 
8. watermelon (demo instrumental)
     

all songs written and played by kenn sakurai

except * written by david schelzel / the ocean blue

1. careful

2. grapefruit

3. headspace

4. moon helmet

5. new synth instrumental

6. october

7. romantic

8. she tells two friends

9. she tells two friends 2

10. tork 1:40

11. Untitled instrumental

all songs written and played by kenn sakurai

1. stay for me

2. we can fall

3. paint on canvas (original vocal)

4. you are my love

5. see her fall 

6. the baltic sea

7. i asked my love to forgive me

8. paris, 1891

9. rollerskates
10. yesterday's tomorrows

11. engines 

12. the good wife

13. soft spoken careful
14. i thought

all songs written and played by kenn sakurai

1. damage

2. the death of love
3. goodbye brown eyes

4. i elevate my pain to give you heaven

5. i won't share you*
6. laying low ok

7. nice

8. saw the ex-girlfriend today

9. there she goes**

10. there she goes 2**

11. there she goes 3**

12. your happiness buys me time

13. slide***

all songs written and played by kenn sakurai

except

*written by morrissey/marr / the smiths

**written by lee mavers  / the la's

***written by david schelzel  / the ocean blue

perfectsound / airports are a good place for goodbye (2004)

perfectsound / airports are a good place for goodbye

(2004)



perfectsound / quiet, electronic volume one. (2000)

 perfectsound / quiet, electronic volume one.

1. half an hour

2. how it makes her feel

3. & breathe

4. beautiful junkie

5. air = space

6. raisins

7. a girl i used to know

8. a former dancing queen on a life-support machine

9. failed

10. did you know?

11. blue of noon

all songs recorded, written and played by kenn sakurai

onto an analog 8-track cassette machine

Perfect Sound 1995 - 2011 +

Perfect Sound / The Drew Barrymore EP.

1. are we still?

2. watch the snow fall, drew

3. birds. sky. skin. blood.

4. perfectsound

5. unhopeless

6. southern california

7. i am not afraid

8. this spring she will forget me

9. claire asleep

all songs written and played by Kenn Sakurai

recorded onto analog 4-track cassette

this was recorded inbetween the final second guessing albums. some of the material ended up on the final SG album.



Some reviews

One of my favorite graphic designers, Vaughn Oliver was the design director at hUH magazine which was another swell mag put out by Marvin Scott Jarrett who did Raygun, Bikini and now Nylon magazine. So to be reviewed in the magazine was super.

some reviews

second guessing 1992 - 1997

scraps 1992 - 1997

1. anyways

2. god 2

3. god 3

4. i only have what you give me, i only own what i take

5. instrumental

6. mary was a gardener

7. maybe she would

8. organism

9. sad sadly saddest

10. single mother's baby

11. such a mess

12. unhappy i'm happy

13. watermelon (original version)

14. your days are numbered

all songs written and played by kenn

recorded onto analog 4-track

"neutral blue" 1997

second guessing / neutral blue

1. and i lose her

2. sea

3. claire

4. bike

5. southern california

6. you know me

7. the actress

8. submarines

9. perfectly unhappy

10. dead like me*

11. ben & tracey

12. just stay

13. she loves an american boy

14. we drive away

15. are we still?

16. supermodels & underwear

17. in the spring she will forget me

18. perfect sound

19. watch the snow fall

20. she would have driven picasso mad

all songs written and played by kenn sakurai

except * steve maxwell / bass guitar

recorded onto analog 4-track cassette

"the beautiful ugly" 1994

second guessing / the beautiful ugly

1. leaving

2. sunny beautiful

3. pantomime**

4. sticks & stones

5. loved

6. a room in blue

7. anyone shallow

8. girl on holiday

9. she wore a blue coat near the sea

10. laundry

11. what do you know

12. interlude*

13. ordeal by roses

14. pastels if she asked

15. vestal

16. untitled***

recorded on analog 4-track cassette

all songs written and played by kenn sakurai except:

* by kenn sakurai / steve maxwell (guitars)

** kenn / james maxwell (computer samples & keyboards)

*** kenn / warren takeuchi (drums) / steve maxwell (bass)

"...it only rains in england for the benefit of american tourists" 1993

 second guessing / it only rains in england for the benefit of american tourists

1. violets, violence & violins

2. watermelon

3. henry

4. she was quiet here

5. decay of the angel

6. in a field of hats

7a. the king of pop

7b. insomnia

8. blue blue sea

9. fall (juliana's song)

10. bye

11. imagining helen

12. a cartoon where you're hid*

13. hollow sunset sorrow

7. shy (tiny little box)

recorded onto 4-track analog cassette

kenn / all songs, guitars, violin, synthesizers, bass guitar, harmonica, rhythm machines & programming

steve maxwell / vocals & lyrics on *

"I didn't mind the snow" 1993

 second guessing / i didn't mind the snow e.p.

1. i need this calm

2. open free day

3. drowned

4. forgot

5. sometimes juliana

6. steal your breath

7. oceanna

all songs written and played by kenn.

sleeve design esm-artificial

recorded on analog 4-track cassette

"if picasso could have painted the sea" 1993

 second guessing / if picasso could have painted the sea

1. blessed

2. happy**

3. mothersong*

4. a father's goodbye

5. when my heaven falls as rain

6. morningtime america**

7. set it on fire

8. when winona smiles

9. harriet ( six of seven seas)

10. mothersong (reprise)***

kenn  / all guitars, synthesizers, bass, vocal, rhythm programming & melodica

warren / drums on ** & ***

steve maxwell / bass guitar on* & **

all songs written by kenn except "morningtime america" written by kenn & warren
recorded on 4-track analog cassette

" forgiveness is the fragrance of the violet on the heel of the shoe that crushed it." 1992

 second guessing /" forgiveness is the fragrance of the violet on the heel of the shoe that crushed it."

1. ignorance

2. she is like the sea

3. if there is and if you have, is it for me?

4. umbrella

5. if it's cool with you

6. the first time i saw snow

7. happy (mary tyler moore mix)

8. caroline's summer

9. hats

10. me

11. game show theme

all music, lyrics kenn sakurai.
recorded onto analog 4-track cassette



"love" 1992

electric shoes / love (1992)

1. nevermind
2. paris in the rain
3. inamorata
pt. 1 : undressed
pt. 2 she lives next door
pt. 3 sad
pt. 4 hats
4. seahorses
5. stephanie say hello
6. say that you are beautiful
7. treehouse
8. happy

 there were a few cassette EP's before this.

"Carolina Snowball"

"Belle Mallissima"

"St.Patrick's Cathedral"

&

"Live 1991"

 Kenn & Warren played on most of these recordings.

Some were just Kenn, Warren & Mike... some were just Kenn.
Kenn played guitars, synths and sang. Warren played drums and drum machines. Mike played bass, guitar and sang.

recorded onto analog 4-track cassette

(my apologies to any of the photographers whose work we used. Most images were taken from magazine clippings and old postcards)