YEN TOWN BAND is a fictional band fronted by j-pop alt-queen Chara for the 1996 japanese movie "Swallowtail Butterfly". An album, "Montage", was released based on tracks arranged around the movie. The project is manly constituted by Chara vocal/lyrics, director Shunji Iwai lyrics and production/arrangements/instrumentals by the respected musical producer Takeshi Kobayashi, who years later would create the ficticious j-pop/dream pop artist Lily Chou-Chou, performed by Salyu and with lyrics by director Iwai. The group released their second album "Diverse Journey" in 2016 for the 20th anniversary of the film. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/YEN+TOWN+BAND">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.