For Kikagaku Moyo's drummer Go Kurosawa, the band's farewell tour and album are one last geometric pattern, coming full circle. Read our conversation ⬇️
the long-running collectiveKurosawa attributes the growth of psych rock in the country to a backlash against Japan’s “strong society.”
Here in the U.S., Kurosawa and Katsurada serve as the band’s de facto spokespeople due to their comfort with English. During college, they both spent some time in the States where they were entranced by the energy at DIY house shows. The language barrier is actually what inspired Kikagaku Moyo’s vocals. It’s an effort to give other audiences the experience they had coming to psychedelia from afar.
Reaching for transcendent, universal musical planes is also a goal of Kikagaku Moyo’s extended live shows. Onstage, Kurosawa said the band is focused on trying to “connect with people.” That meant the pandemic was a major obstacle for the group. It took them off the road for a year and a half — by far their longest stretch without performing live since they came together about a decade ago.
Their quarantine period was the first time the members of Kikagaku Moyo were all living back in Japan together since their earliest days in a Tokyo share house. That experience helped them decide that this would be their “last year as Kikagaku Moyo.”
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