Channeling western contemporaries like Pylon, and forecasting 2010-era recordings from the likes of Lower Dens and Deerhunter, Japan’s Zelda first emerged as a punk-rock/new-wave quartet in 1980 with a pair of 7” singles, followed by their 1982 self-titled debut—a boisterous affair that balances a healthy diet of glossy, hard-charging rock, playful power-pop, and avant-garde art rock leanings.