Bo Ningen
Acid punk noise makers Bo NIngen return with a new label, single and album, Getintothis’ Banjo tells us more as they announce a UK tour.
London-based Japanese rock band Bo Ningen have signed to Alcopop! Records and will release new album, Sudden Fictions, in Spring 2020.
Ahead of this, their fourth album, the band released new single B.C. on March 13 as clear vinyl 7”, limited to only 500 copies.
Alcopop! Label boss Jack Clothier said “As if we’ve signed Bo Ningen!? One of the best live acts we’ve ever seen, and the music coming up is just unreal…we’re absolutely delighted to be welcoming them to the label. What a band.”
Bo Ningen guitarist Kohhei Matsuda’s comments were somewhat more cryptic: “After years of countless bifurcation into sub-genres, music has been cut down to flakes. Music is suffocated. This album is a challenge to bridge between now and the time before the first bifurcation. To alternate the future.”
Bo Ningen are best known for their intense live experiences with previous shows having been described by Getintothis’ as “astral, completely not of this planet. Utterly eviscerating” and leaving “wide-eyed kids standing bewildered.”
We think you get the picture.
The band already have three studio albums to their credit, 2010’s self titled debut, 2012’s Stolen Recordings and 2014’s III, making Sudden Fictions their first new album in six years.
They have also collaborated with the likes of Savages, Damo Suzuki and Lydia Lunch.
Frontman Taigen Kawabe’s has also been supporting Black Midi as III Japonia on their recent tour.
This October, Bo Ningen will head out on their own tour to celebrate the release of the album.
They’ll play:
Sat 03 Oct 2020 – Ramsgate, Kent – Ramsgate Music Hall
Sun 04 Oct 2020 – Norwich – Norwich Arts Centre
Tue 06 Oct 2020 – Bristol – The Fleece
Wed 07 Oct 2020 – Birmingham – The Hare and Hounds
Thu 08 Oct 2020 – Sheffield – Picture House Social
Fri 09 Oct 2020 – Glasgow – Stereo
Sat 10 Oct 2020 – Liverpool – District
Mon 12 Oct 2020 – Oxford – Bullingdon
Tue 13 Oct 2020 – London – Village Underground
Thu 15 Oct 2020 – Southampton – The Loft
Fri 16 Oct 2020 – Brighton – Chalk
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