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On Video Age’s forthcoming album Pop Therapy, out June 15 via Inflated Records, longtime friends and songwriting partners Ross Farbe and Ray Micarelli conjure up a thrilling assortment of experimental pop songs. Using a palette of vintage synthesizers and the propulsion of a Sequential Circuits Drumtraks drum machine, the New Orleans-based group’s buoyant synth-pop echoes from some imagined vision of the past, leaning on an invented nostalgia to soundtrack an ideal future that never arrived. Video Age brings that future fully to life on Pop Therapy. Emerging from New Orleans’ DIY scene and label collectives, Farbe and Micarelli were intrigued by each other’s songwriting among several curiously satisfying guitar pop bands. As a producer and prolific engineer, Farbe has helmed some of the most exciting releases from genre-pushing New Orleans artists, whose singular visions are made possible with his gifted ear and love of tape recording. Micarelli’s talent for crafting simple, tangible melodies complements Farbe’s studio world-building, letting ideas drift until they emerge into impressive arrangements. The pair’s seemingly effortless gift for crafting earworm hooks was glimpsed on their 2016 debut Living Alone, a gorgeous collection of guitar-driven melancholy. On Pop Therapy, they’re joined by Duncan Troast, Nick Corson and Jordan Odom, taking inspiration from the limitless possibility on sonic canvases of the late 1970s and early 1980s (Yellow Magic Orchestra, McCartney II, Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly). Where Living Alone catalogued the solitude of reflecting on what was and could have been, the sentimental love songs on Pop Therapy gaze longingly at the likeliness of a brighter tomorrow.

TsuShiMaMiRe is Japanese Girls Art Punk Rock Trio since 1999. Their style is electric, punk rock, free jazz, ska, surf and funk, mixing noisy and pop instrumental sounds with idiosyncratic, quirky, often funny or disturbing lyrics. They are one of the many bands to have become famous in the United States through the Austin, Texas South by Southwest music festival, and also through their performances at anime conventions, with the Suicide Girls, and at Benten Label’s “Japan Girls Nite” U.S. tours. In 2007 they were voted “Best All-Girl Group” by Shojo Beat magazine USA. In Japan they made a major debut in 2009 from Victor Entertainment. And then they have started their own label, Mojor Records in 2010. Their live performance is absolutely great. They are definitely one of the best live bands and also the most powerful all girl bands in Japan. They performed a lot of big rock festivals in Japan. (Rock in Japan Festival, ARABAKI Rock Festival, SUMMER SONIC , and more!) They collaborated many Japanese famous musicians. (Shigeru Izumiya , ROLLY , ULFUL Keiske from ULFULS , Yohito Teraoka,Sachiko Kobayashi and more!) And Wim Wenders recorded their show in Tokyo. Also They made a theme song of “POWERPUFF GIRLS” (cartoon network) for Japan. Their 11th Album was released in Oct 2015. They had tours in U.S in March to April and October 2016. (23 shows & 18 shows) They had a tour in South Korea in June 2016. (4 shows) And They had a first tour in Europe in December 2016. (16 shows) It included two big festivals in France. It was great. And Their next Europe tour will be on May to June. In 2017, Drums Mizue leave the band on February 10. Mari & Yayoi started new “TsuShiMaMiRe” with a new drummer Maiko! They never stop! Official Web : https://tsushimamire.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tsushimamire/ Bandcamp : https://tsushimamire1.bandcamp.com/releases Mari on Twitter:https://twitter.com/marimamire TsuShiMaMiRe Instagram : tsmmr_jp youtube channel :https://www.youtube.com/user/marimamire/