tricot

best band on earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvMyCFAVIqs

http://cdn2.natalie.mu/media/1501/0131/extra/news_xlarge_tricot_and_normal_201501.jpg

new album a n d out later this month, streaming here http://service.viralworks.jp/tricotWebTape/

I remember hearing them a while ago and dismissing them as generic math-rock but that song's pretty good!

Ooh, I was actually planning on making a thread for their new album, had the title in my head and all.

I'm stopping myself from listening to the stream because I want a higher quality audio release but it sounds very good indeed.

Their last album THE was my favorite album of 2013, and probably my most successful musical missionary effort, since quite a lot of people I gave it to agreed. Fully formed debut, gorgeous details revealing themselves through repeat listens. While waiting for the new album I suggest listening to it if you're unfamiliar with the group. Their music is on Spotify http://open.spotify.com/album/3OnXkM3qNaABUR3vgb4i5O

htts://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZjTXh_zaXc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZjTXh_zaXc

They're using up all the good album titles.

maybe the next one will be a passive verb

I like them but my Japanese girlfriend absolutely hates them, so they're banned from our household. She listens to different stuff like B'z, Mr.Children, Glay, Utada Hikaru, etc., though.

dumb name but these two songs are cool

They're unlikely to hire a permanent new drummer anytime soon http://beehy.pe/interview-tricot-japan/

but listening to it that mix of drummers doesn't really define the album in any way. The woman they brought on live tours last year did a great job: http://youtu.be/hW_ayjXr1Lk

Have they recorded the final song in that show, Matsuri? I like that one.

‏@tricot_band / tricot's Studio Live Show at 8pm on March 8(JST)!! New songs from the 2nd album will be performed w/ 5 drummers!! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bakuretsu-records-channel

That's on in 30 minutes now for anyone interested

TJ's Hata on drums, cool!

And now Muneomi, too much!

Yeah. And these new songs are v good.

They are, kicking version of E too

That was good

Nothing like a samba breakdown to cheer up a Sunday

"pool" is their best

Missed it. ;_;

Do these five drummers cancel each other out then? :-)

Get a Don Caballero vibe from the initial post.

They took turns to play a song then all five did a bit of a drum circle thing in the middle of one track.

Missed it. ;_;

― emil.y, Sunday, March 8, 2015 1:35 PM (2 days ago)

I'm hoping and waiting for someone to upload the video - meanwhile here's the audio recording https://tricot-jp.bandcamp.com/album/a-n-d-pre-release-studio-live-session

It's out!

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5A4nSOZ4o5VGeshIZbKVT1
Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-n-d/id971675838

Go go

i love this album

(surprise)

Yes. I want to say that it's as good as the first but I'll wait a bit.

i think "qff" is their best ever song for sure

this is neat, whatever gets 90s math shit on ppl's radar that's cool

I'm really digging this album. Suppose I need to go and get their other stuff, eh?

Actually, I prefer their older stuff.

If I had to rank their releases:

1. 小学生と宇宙 (School Children and The Cosmo)
2. 爆裂パニエさん (Bakuretsu Tricot-san)
3. T H E
4. A N D
5. バキューン ("Bakyuun")

A N D is still pretty cool, though

Typo up there, sorry.

2 is 爆裂トリコさん if you're trying to find it online

Xp Yes. This new album, good as it is, is not the absolute revelation and aotd candidate that was 'THE', a class of its own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FetsZlqmlWM

what is aotd? day? decade?

the latter

i guess i should dl that

US tour in October

http://i.imgur.com/Hkzdmvo.jpg

YESSS I AM GOING TO BE IN TORONTO THAT WEEKEND

FUCK

will try to go to the la show

I don't even give a shit that I am gonna have to be up at like 5:30am and run a marathon the next morning

My brother just linked a video of theirs on Facebook and HOLY SHIT

That 5 drummers video is great.

oh when i saw them at cake shop they played for 30 minutes and i feel like they almost tore the place apart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Q_y54F070

so, so great

Europe tour in March
http://natalie.mu/music/news/169168

Everywhere but Norway... great >:[

PerfumexTricot

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWHmNXXUYAARn3L.jpg

album is on spotify rn

it's great

XP - If anybody fancies a crash course in J Math stuff then you could do worse than check out this free compilation - https://feckingbahamas.bandcamp.com/album/i-japan

I really like "melon soda" and the "how to play" videos they posted for that one. Looking forward to digging into the LP

Nice one MaresNest, looks interesting

fb do good work

they have a map of mathy bands on their site if anyone wants an intro

http://feckingbahamas.com/world-math

some not 100% math but it's a decent intro

Lot's of J Math (sorry) seems much less dissonant and overall prettier than it's western counterpart, I really like the bands that lean on the Piano as a central instrument like Atlantis Airport or Haisuinonasa

Sry for temporary hijack btw -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT8mSZBJzJA

WRONG DUDE but these people look cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=266ecgV0mnA

new album out!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axV7NhKArV0

oooh the singles for this one were excellent

.... this may be their best

I always dig their clean no-frills production

Really good record. Some really harsh/aggressive stuff, some really pretty stuff.

Really.

will this be the rock album that finally unites ILM

First half is great, but it got a bit too Math in the second half and lost me. (Rock isn’t generally my thing though. I was coming at this as a J Pop fan and knew nothing about the band hitherto.)

I wrote a little bit more about the album.

Can't wait to dig into this. Post THE I felt they struggled to reach those old heights but the singles for this album have been super promising and made me a born again fan.

i play this album multiple times a day

I love this record.

I really liked their Fender-y light sound on the early stuff - the newer material is thicker and I can't lose myself in the interplay as much. I reckon it will improve once I've listened more, but unlike their previous albums this one's not on Bandcamp so I can't buy it very easily.

Yeah, it's ironic that signing to a bigger label has likely improved their status in Japan, but handicapped them w/r/t growing their US audience. (The new record is on US Spotify, though.)

love this album - I think it might be their best

Haven't really kept up with them but have been getting a vague whiff of RHCP from the new one which is kind of interfering with my pleasure receptors

late pass here but this is currently blowing my mind. agree with nickb in that the bass player reminds me a lot of flea. but that's a plus, imo.

another new album out 10/21

Really enjoying the new one at first pass.

the rap on track three changed my life

how are they so good????? this is maybe their most outré record but it all really works

The rap is great. My favourite moment on second listen is that piercing yet menacing riff on the final track.

their best album

the best band on earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yl_KNJGWN4

one of the many unreal songs on this record

also omfg that music video

The two Tricot albums are my two favourites of this year so far. I have a theory that most bands peak with their 4th and 5th albums.

holy shit what a great song, recaptures the buzz I got from T H E. Is Yoshida a new drummer? I thought they'd been using machines and session players on recent stuff.

best band on earth

if taylor swift hadn't also done it i'd be like "wow it's incredible this band released their two best albums in one year"

I need to listen to this one again. I only gave it one chance and it didn't hit me the way the one from January/February did, so I moved on to other things.

I would take the two Tricot albums over the two Swift albums as my favourite pair of albums of the year, but maybe that's because Evermore hasn't clicked for me yet.

Vote in the poll!

new song "Bakuro" that came out a couple of weeks ago is great

https://tricot.lnk.to/bakuro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTIpDeBQcg

best band on earth

happy new tricot album day https://open.spotify.com/album/1nUwhyn08TSd7Ibg6EWPmv?si=AbYsnTANSaeMyzOeOzOj4g

fuck yeah

two tracks in and they did it again!!!

happy new tricot album day, '22 style (a few days late)

From math rock to reality TV. Ikkyu, the singer, has appeared on some kind of celebrity dating show looking for a husband... and found a potential one in a comedian called Ichikawa Sashimi!

https://times.abema.tv/articles/-/10086429?utm_medium=abematimes&utm_source=abematimes&utm_campaign=abematimes_sp_pc_carousel

THE came out 10 years ago today <3