![]() ![]() Can you sing it?’ I never rapped before KKB. ![]() Sarah: It was like asking, ‘Here’s a song. What was your “pitch” to the guys, as it were? You obviously showed enough interest in the project to reach out. You’re also a visual artist, which plays a big part in KKB. Sarah, I know you played the saxophone and had been in a brass band before. Gus: It was dope! I think it was in the first ten minutes we started chatting about Kyary Pamyu Pamyu-all the cool J-pop stuff. Sarah: I had one side pink hair, one side blue hair. I went down to the station to meet Sarah and she was wearing, basically “Sarah clothes”. I remember the moment because we were in New Cross, rehearsing in a studio. Was the chemistry there from the very first beginning? Sarah: That was pretty freaky because, at the rehearsal, they didn’t tell me anything! They’re like, ‘Let’s record a song!’ and I was like, ‘Okay…’ Jamie Bulled: We were recording by the second session. Maybe it’s a bit out there for us.’ We got no one else like Sarah, really. We can do something amazing!’ I’m like, ‘Well, maybe we could make something amazing, but maybe not now. There was this one guy who was like, ‘I was in a band at school, like, I know Pizzicato Five. And from the MixB one, the Japanese one, we had like all Japanese students. Some of them were quite blues-y singers and we had to be like, ‘You’re good, you’re really good, but I don’t think we’re gonna be able to work…’ Well, I don’t know actually because, now that I say that, I think blues-y would’ve been pretty funny. On Gumtree, we got quite standard singers who were pretty good. Gus: We used MixB, but we actually used Gumtree as well. I’m curious-what kind of people did your ad attract? Did it run the gamut across the age and gender spectrum? It’s not unlike how a lot of bands find members on Craigslist in the States or through social media. Your origin story is not an uncommon one: Gus, you were friends with Jamie from school, and you guys found Sarah on an expat community forum. We’ll go grab breakfast together and bring the KKB experience. We’re playing to a slightly bigger audience. Sarah: We got tighter as a band, performance-wise. Gus: Good question… I think some things have changed and some things have stayed the same. ![]() Do things feel very different to you now from when you first started out? You’ve accomplished a lot and done exceedingly well in the past two years. We’re very excited to see how that translates. Gus: The announcement for those shows had a really good response. Sarah: We have a huge fanbase in Japan so we’re really excited. ![]() Sounds like a big milestone for KKB, for obvious reasons. This is your first time playing there, right? Soon you’re off to Japan for a mini tour. From Boston to Seattle-we’ve been pleasantly surprised. There’s nothing more thrilling and moving than to hear the audience sing along to your lyrics. I’ve often heard artists say exactly that. It’s the most beautiful thing ever, actually. We went to a place in Boston with no idea what would happen, but there were people coming up, having learned the lyrics to the album tracks. I mean, we’ve been amazed by the KKB communities in all these cities. We’ve learned how tours work, pretty much. Gus: We’ve been all over! We’ve seen both of the coasts. What have you been doing? What did you see? It’s great to catch up with you guys at the tail end of this North American tour. A lot of KKB fans around here it would appear. Gus Lobban: Great! We played our first L.A. You guys are in Los Angeles at the moment. What’s next? KKB’s first-ever live performances in Japan, dumb-dumb! Scroll down for the ooey gooey details. The music at times candy-lacquered for your next tooth decay, you could compare it to the perfect ice cream cone making you feel something like this:╰(*´︶`*)╯The arms rising above the head in celebration. (We wouldn’t darest.) Less a tag-along and more a shared pact with PC Music’s growing artillery, KKB’s frosted confection of Ninendo 64 synth notes, dancehall, preset MIDI drums, bilingual singsong raps, and J-pop flourishes are very much of its time.įollowing the aforementioned 15-track mixtape, along with a remix pack featuring Danny L Harle, bo et, et aliae, Kane West, Toby Gale and Spazzkid, 2015 sees the Anglo-Japanese globetrotters continuing their party whistling charge into the world of pastel pop with adorable one-off singles, “Picture This” and “Chicken”. South London’s kawaii torchbearers Kero Kero Bonito-vocalist Sarah Bonito, and producing partners Gus Lobban and Jamie Bulled-addressed some pressing issues of our modern era on their 2014 debut LP, Intro Bonito: the strangeness of babies, homework, supermarket deals, and girls who would rather out-game any boy who dare challenge them to Playstation marathons than sew or bake. ![]()
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