Cowboy Bebop #3: The Offset: Spectacles’ Debut EP is Rusty Hong Kong Garage Rock

I’ll just come out and say it—this is a masterpiece

Cowboy Bebop is my regular series on Asian pop, rock, and jazz albums that appeal to western sensibilities.

Remember music blogs? It was the stellar Tumblr account Ghost FM—like many golden age music blogs, now defunct—that brought me to The Offset: Spectacles’ debut EP, released in 2010. This grubby collection of cassette tape garage rock was obvious bl…