speaker gain teardrop are a three-piece post-rock/shoegaze band from Hiroshima, Japan. The band formed around Ikki Murakami (drums) and Yasuchika Horibe (guitar) in 1998, shortly after their previous band disbanded. Currently, they are Murakami, Horibe, and Fumiaki Kimura (bass). Murakami and Horibe were involved in カングルワングル (kanguruwanguru), an indie rock band also based in Hiroshima, until its indefinite hiatus starting in 2015. Horibe has a solo electronica/ambient/drone project, stabilo.