Kanina × This Is My Normal State - UK summer tour 2011

  Hey folks, I really appreciate that some music lovers are sometime asking me like "Do you have your web site that I can see you pics/articles/reviews ?" or music lover bands "Can we see your pics/reviews/articles of ours on your site?" Those big questions for me are very welcome and like always being super appreciations from me. A tiny pure Japanese stranger writes all about music in English is all ways (always) feeling weirdo and like challenging, but the words that I have got in these days are special. Just so special. And honestly really frustrated that I could not have much energy and time to write and edit about what I have experienced with all music in these fucking awesome summer 2011 days. Well, I will do that soon, like in this weekend I swear.

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  At this time, on this post, introducing and announcing that one of my friends band in Japan, used to work and live in Osaka currently works and lives in Tokyo called Kanina (means "rabbit" in Icelandic) is going to start a new UK tour which is second abroad tour in their own in next week, 15th of August, 2011. It's also a coupling tour Kanina and Bristol based 5-piece Shoegaze, Ambient, Post Rock band THIS IS MY NORMAL STATE. TIMNS has a Japanese vocalist and cellist Yuka Kurihara for the front woman.

 Kanina × This Is My Normal State 2011 Summer Tour schedule:

• 1).15th August: Bristol @ The Louisiana w/Ouija Birds & Miss Macaroni 
• 2).17th August: London @ The Underbelly, Hoxton w/Ten & Joanna Quai (£4entry)

• 3).18th August: Brighton @ The Druid's Arms w/ Nordic Giants
• 4).26th August: Leeds @ The Packhorse w/Ten and Esper Scout
• 5).27th August: Liverpool @ Leaf w/MinionTV, Muto Leo & In Violet (fb RSVP)

  

• 6).29th August: Bristol @ Thunderfest 2011 (fb RSVP)

You can still grab downloading EP "Angel Falls ++ [LostChildren076]" (Released November 1, 2009)" for FREE from here:

(http://www.archive.org/details/LostChildren076)

 Tracks:

1. "Number 3"
2. "Angel Falls"
3. "Phineas Gage"

They also has released the latest self-titled EP+demos on their bandcamp:

  It's also for FREE. Must have it! 5 track album includes a couple songs from the first "Angel Falls ++ EP" and additionally 3 more tracks. They will have the physical cd + tour tee on the tour!

THIS IS MY NORMAL STATE webs:

facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thisismynormalstate)
myspace (http://www.myspace.com/normalstateband)
twitter (http://twitter.com/normalstateband)
2010 Japan tour dairy (http://thisismynormalstate.blogspot.com/) 

Hey you must grab the free EPs and follow their twitter or to like their fb additionally for the perfect!!
TIMNS's front woman Yuja has just debut as a solo artist üka and released her debut solo album called "Lullaby for the Evil" via Japanese music label Kilk Records on August 17th.

*Click above picture to link over the label (in Jpn) site:

(http://kilk.jp/wp/archives/2010)

Well, yeah, I know, I'm sorry that I haven't found the way to get the album for international fans from Japan. That might be the point of.　＊＊Whenever I found it, then I will add the HOW for you!＊＊

★üka – "Inner Stream" (Official MV) (fr. AL "Lullaby for the Evil")

and some songs off the debut album streaming on her soundcloud:

★Track 1. "Isobel" (album preview)
Isobel (album preview) by üka

★Track 2. "Inner Stream" (album preview)
Inner Stream (album preview) by üka

★Track 3. "Retrospect"
Retrospect by üka

★Track 4.　"Silence" (Album Preview)
Silence (album preview) by üka

★Track 9. "Fall" (Album Preview)
Fall (album preview) by üka

She has gotten some nicely sweet comments from her surrounding musicians and medias, one of them is from Marc Mac (of 4hero) follows like

"I'm really into her purely voice so much. My recommendation off her album is M-4 Silence. Definitely check it out." 

(*Well, I'm not sure exactly that he said but I translated it depended on the Japanese translated to English.)

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Kanina, one of my favorite Japanese but not typical Japanese band, just released  

You might even see some of their songs from my old article of their 1st EU tour in spring 2011 on IndieNative.com here:
(http://www.indienative.com/2011/04/kanina-eu-tour2011/)

★Kanina / "[a short story 2 #3]" @kouenji HIGH[blue noise test]2010.06.30

They, Japanese boy & girl consisting to play classical and postrock with "fantasic" approach sound band Kanina, has just reached their new tune released on their 2nd time abroad tour in 2011. The new song is for FREE. Just have your twitter account and log in to download it. New song called "forget me not"

MUST Go Grab iiiiiit!!! :  

FREE NEW SONG!!

(http://socialunlock.com/kanina_jp/kanina-new-song-forget-me-not-free-download) Available utill August 31st 2011!

Streaming here:
★Kanina / "Forget me not" (New Song 2011)
Forget me not by kanina_jp

and their master piece songs ...are also on;

★Kanina / "A short story #1 (short ver.)"
from their 1st album "[a short story]" (2009)
A short story#1(short ver) by kanina_jp

★Kanina / "Kaikisen" (2008)
Kaikisen by kanina_jp

Kanina webs:
English website - (http://en.kanina.jp/)
Myspace - (http://www.myspace.com/kaninaamm)
facebook - (https://www.facebook.com/pages/kanina/)


Kennyy
as MELTRICK


Edited on [(Fri) Aug/12th/2011]


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【Today's BGM selections】

They are a friend of Kanina and from my country city Niigata, Japan.

★KEESHAKAS soundservice / "Deathmetalic birth" (Audio)