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. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.