photo: Sean McCabe
Asobi Seksu:
Yuki Chikudate - Keyboard, Vocals
James Hanna - Guitar, Vocals
Glenn Waldman - Bass
Keith Hopkin - Drums
Asobi Seksu, like Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine before them, are evolving and redefining what noise means within the model of pop songwriting. The band melds lush yet wonderfully crushing waves of white noise in variation with synth-driven pop delicacies and tight lounge progressions ala Stereolab. The quartetıs melting-pot aesthetics also include narratives sung in combinations of English and Japanese.
Characterized by her clever lyrical sensibilities, Yukiıs energetic lamentations on the song ³Iım Happy But You Donıt Like Me², define Asobi Seksuıs persona in the self- titled LP released in the Fall of 2002. James orchestrates the often sonically furious multi-dimensional rhythm section and provides beautiful supporting vocal harmonies.
Mainstays at New York Cityıs premiere venues, Asobi Seksu are a formidable live act. Perfectly executing both the rhythmic precision and saturated ethereal melodies of their first studio effort, the band delivers a riotously brilliant performance, subject to poignant moments of melancholia and unexpected euphonic implosions.
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Press:
"If the world was fair, and perhaps it is, all kids in New York would have traded in their Strokes T-shirts and garage-oiled hair for a band actually worth getting excited over: Asobi Seksu . . . Asobi Seksu build a wall of sound, tear it down and play in the wreckage . . ." - Slug Magazine
"Asobi Seksu, who's singer sings partly in Japanese, adds dark undertones to their pop sensibilities." - New York Post
"Asobi Seksu are ravaged by colossal, sometimes celestial storms of sonic turbulence that are matched in stature by a liberal serving of quite exquisite mellow moments." - Losing Today
Website:
www.asobiseksu.com