mp3: COMANECHI death of you
mp3: COMANECHI death of you (gentleman drivers remix)
last year merok gave us klaxons and crystal castles, and in doing so, tipped the earth on its axis for quite a few hundred dancing converse around the world. this year, those same feet are going to find themselves abused and bruised with a new crop of signings, kicking off right here with japan’s akiko matsuura and her double-whammy of noise projects: comanechi and pre. matsuura (aka ‘keeks’) last troubled the shelves earlier this year with a seven inch on white heat records titled ‘my pussy’ , but the audio journey that influences her work stretches back to an era dominated by bikini kill and babes in toyland, and even further back through to patti smith and yoko ono. the next release is a split merok 7″, evenly divided between comanechi and pre – and there’s a flurry of remixes on the slate including rubs from scotch egg, passions and gentleman drivers. akiko matsuura’s sound is certainly music without apology, served straight up: both rock hard and impossibly soft, revolutionary and retrograde, the sound of black metal refracted through a j-pop lens. submit, for all our sakes.
more: comanechi.com
buy: at rough trade
watch: comanechi listening party