Asobi Seksu is Yuki Chikudate & James Hanna
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REVIEWS
“Contrary to what you may see written about them, Asobi Seksu aren't gazing at their shoes on their second album-- they're looking skyward the whole time. Yes, the guitar overload, massive reverb, and deceptively sweet vocals are all there, but this New York quartet is anything but a My Bloody Valentine retread.
Frontwoman Yuki Chikudate gives the band a charismatic focus, and her vocals range from a soulful croon to a delicate wisp. Whether she's singing in Japanese or English (she does both in about equal measure), she always keeps it catchy, and that squishing sound you hear when she sings "put your tongue up to my battery" on "Nefi+Girly" is indie boys melting across the country.
This is electric music in every sense of the word-- amplified, processed, and imbued with a neon glow. Comparisons to shoegazers of yore have their uses, as they're clearly influences, but I'd class Asobi Seksu nearer to Mahogany as a band that takes those influences and spins them into something special and unique. Rating: 8.3” Pitchfork, Citrus album review
“When life hands them lemons, New York’s Asobi Seksu makes dream pop Dom Perignon. Frontwoman Yuki ranges from seductively nonchalant on the Mazzy Star-ish ‘Exotic Animal Paradise’, cooing “All the things you find out, I just find tiring”, via full-throttle indie-queen belting on fuzzy JAM epic ‘Strings’, to butter-wouldn’t-melt-innocence on ‘Goodbye’. It’s a heady Cocktail: bottoms up. 8/10” NME, Citrus album review
“Chikudate’s beautiful voice floats against Hanna’s dirty guitar, her notes too high to get grubby, as the rhythm of ‘Strawberries’ changes from stabbing rock to soulful Motown. The two team up for ‘Goodbye’, Hanna adding an air of disappointment to Chikudate’s romantic cooings. A cover of the Ramones’ ‘Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)’ fits them like a furry glove, and as shiny confetti shoots into the air, they become figures in a giant snowglobe.” THE GUARDIAN, review of 11/30 London show
“‘Thursday’ is not just retro-fuelled dirge. It’s a brilliant, snow-flecked saunter of a tune that feels like being licked awake by kittens after a hard night on the sake.” NME, 'Thursday' single review
I love you guys and I love Brooklyn! Just got back from vacation over there. Wish I could have ran into a show... maybe next time! Keep up the wonderfully beautiful music!
Thanks for the ad,, but more importantly, thank you for making such incredible music. I just discovered your band last week and I've been listening to your songs pretty much incessantly ever since. Keep up the excellent work! I love you guys!
hi!! We found you from japan!thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are creating a place where artists can share their artistic and cultural talents to the world.
