Asobi Seksu tonight in PHX

I've largely avoided the arty rock of Asobi Seksu over the past few years, for no particular reason. Well, maybe cause I've largely avoided any kind of arty rock types on this blog (Hey, I'm more of a straight up rock guy!).

But hearing Asobi Seksu's wondrously layered elements in songs like 'Layers' 'Familiar Light' and 'Me & Mary' at their MySpace site gives me a serious case of the regrets. It's really gorgeous stuff with a kickass rhythm. I've been getting emails from their promo people for months now, and maybe it's high time I wake up and smell the beauty in their ethereal rockin' sound.

Nylon magazine wrote about Asobi Seksu: "...the band makes music that sounds like daybreak. Think twinkling, shimmering, echoing, murmuring tracks. Even when the New York-based band was playing fuzzy shoegaze rock, they managed to a find a way to inject a bit of beauty into the simplest of pop songs."

MishMashMagazine wrote about their show last fall - "Yuki’s ethereal Cocteau siren song floats like a satellite above the surface of a storming planet of bass drone, guitar fuzz and Joy Division robo beats. It’s a dizzying experience, the sonic equivalent of angels fighting with power tools."

Asobi Seksu is touring and brings its NYC shoegazey synth rock goodness to Trunk Space in Phoenix tonight. And if you're a latecomer to the band like me, it might be a fine place to start listening.



Here are the band's upcoming dates:
May 5 - Phoenix, AZ - Trunkspace
May 7 - Norman, OK - The Opolis
May 8 - Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
May 9 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird
May 10 - Urbana, IL - The Canopy
May 11 - Columbus, OH - Skully’s