There's no falling down from this.Ībsolutely, I can tell from this that the weirdness in their lyrics isn't just for show, it's the way they are IRL as well, which honestly I can't repeat enough, it feels so relatable for me. We've jumped on the International Tanoshi Sound trampoline now. I suppose it's probably a trend amongst our generation as a whole, so they're just expressing through their art the zeitgest of what we're all feeling.Īnother fellow convert lol. I've become much more into my progressive, left wing politics and "raging against the machine" in the last year so seeing them bring out songs that do exactly that in a very overt way is really nice and uplifting. I speak as someone who has consumed their 6 year discography in 2 weeks LOL, but their new stuff is so relatable for me at the current time in my life. Whenever we reach a stage where concerts will be allowed again and they have a show in London I'm going to absolutely see them live at the earliest opportunity. Some of their earlier lyrics and videos reference her crisis of identity growing up between 2 cultures, and that was something that I could relate to as well, this kind of bilingual music is such an interesting idea that one is surprised to not see more of in this globalised World where the Worldwide (and particularly London) population of poly-linguists is increasing and becoming "normal" so to speak. Yet seeing people who are from the same generation as me become a successful band out of that same aesthetic and outlook on life, is so so uplifting for me personally, it makes me feel less of an outcast and helps me accept that I am who I am and there's no shame in that.Īlso I'm a London born Turk, Sarah is a London born (or grew up in London) Japanese. It feels particularly nice as a Londoner Japanophile/Retro gamer to have discovered a group that grew up in the same era and same kind of suburban environment as me and extol the kind of aesthetic I've always appreciated and the same kind of innocent, pure, weird, silly vibes I've always expressed throughout my life but felt ostracised for, being belittled for being childish and weird and not being normal. I'm London born just like them and I'm the exact same age as the lead singer (I actually got a place to the same uni she went to, but I didn't accept the offer, lol in some alternate universe where I did accept, perhaps I would have crossed paths with her there). Their latest EP is incredibly poignant and politically biting for the times we are living in, and it obviously hints towards Civilisation II being something they're working on. Thanks to you I have discovered my favourite band, I'm a god damned 29 year old man that has never had a favourite band in my life before, but I've absolutely fallen in with these guys, loving every track from 2/3 of their albums, I'm sure Time and Place will grow on me at the right time and right place (lol). I saved this page for the last 2 weeks to thank you, because I was banned so I couldn't reply to you straight away. Pre-order it here.OP, I cannot THANK YOU enough for this thread. Listen to “The Princess And The Clock” above.Ĭivilisation II is out 4/26 via Polyvinyl. It’s a song for anyone who has ever felt trapped, lost and alone.” A legend of our own invention, ‘The Princess And The Clock’ was written before Covid emerged, though the long, lonely hours and escapist dreams its protagonist experiences will be relatable to many right now. Trapped in her chamber, she spends years dreaming of escaping, until one day she disappears.
“‘The Princess And The Clock’ is the tale of a young explorer who is kidnapped while sailing the world, imprisoned at the top of a tower and worshiped as royalty by an isolated society. Speaking about “The Princess And The Clock,” the band said they wrote a fable to serve as inspiration: The upcoming three-track project was recorded using entirely vintage hardware and was inspired by art-pop pioneers like Kate Bush and Björk. Sharing the single exuberant “The Princess And The Clock,” Kero Kero Bonito officially announce their Civilisation II EP.
Now expanding on the same concept, Kero Kero Bonito return to tease a new era of music.
A year later, they returned with the slow-burning, climate change-inspired EP Civilisation I. It’s been nearly three years since Kero Kero Bonito released their buoyant album Time ‘N’ Place.
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