Originally formed in New York during 1992 as a two-piece featuring Aiha Higurashi and Sachiko Ito, Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her (named after an XTC song) were one of a number of bands of their generation that made inroads for Japanese music in the United States and Europe. Higurashi relocated to Tokyo in 1994 and the band's best-known lineup was then established around guitarist/vocalist Higurashi, bassist Nao Koyama, and drummer Takeharu Karashima in 1994. Perhaps inevitably given their association with Cornelius' Trattoria label and the stateside success of contempora...