Poison Girl Friend was early. Now it makes sense.
For years, Noriko Sekiguchi’s music under the name Poison Girl Friend existed as a major-label curio reflecting flush times — and the kind of latitude that came with them.
“My first release, 1992’s ‘Melting Moment’ was on Victor Entertainment, and they had money, so they were able to create edgy little labels,” Sekiguchi tells The Japan Times from her current home, Nippon Columbia’s offices in Harajuku. “And within that small label, they let me do whatever I wanted.”
That release, featuring downtempo melodies alongside direct lyrics in English and French, didn’t achieve mainstream success — nor did a topsy-turvy album the following year made with English avant-pop practitioner Momus, or a 1994 solo set, “Love Me.”
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