Otoboke Beaver Announce New LP ‘Super Champon’ Out 5/6
Otoboke Beaver Announce New Album
Super Champon Out May 6 via Damnably
Release New Animated Video For “I am not maternal”
“It’ll blow your mind, dude” – Dave Grohl
“PUNK AS F*CK” – The Cribs
“…sheer calamity and deliriously fun” – Pitchfork
“Their Riot Grrrl attitudes and passion for noise-rock make them stand
out as true renegades in the underground scene.” – i-D
“Punk is rarely this charmingly vicious.” – NPR Music
“…a rhythm-twisting, no-nonsense, Japanese girl gang more than
worthy of an invitation into the riot grrrl scene” – Stereogum
“…a wild, raging knockout“ – FADER
“…vicious but tuneful punk-rock assaults’’ – The A.V. Club
‘Super Champon’ Cover Art
Today, acclaimed Japanese punk-rock-garage quartet Otoboke Beaver announced their new album Super Champon, out May 6 on Damnably.
‘Champon’ is a Japanese noun meaning a mixture or jumble of things of different types, as the band explains, “It’s a mixture of songs from love to food, life and JASRAC. Our music is genreless and has various elements. We hope that it will be our masterpiece of chaos music. It also sounds like champion.” To pair with the announcement, they also shared a new video for the album’s first track “I am not maternal,” created and animated by the band’s guitarist Yoyoyoshie.
Watch / Share: “I am not maternal”
At the start of 2020, the band quit their office day jobs in order to embark on a world tour. They completed a two-week tour in Europe and were getting ready to start their first US tour, when the world locked down due to the pandemic. With touring no longer possible during that time, the band worked on new music and recorded in between lockdowns at Osaka’s LM Studio. Super Champon marks the first release from the band since their early 2020 singles, “I am not maternal” and “Dirty old fart is waiting for my reaction,” both of which are featured on the new album, and 2019’s critically acclaimed Itekoma Hits album.
Otoboke Beaver, formed at Kyoto University’s music club, consists of Accorinrin (lead vocal & guitar), Yoyoyoshie (guitar & vocals), Hirochan (bass & vocals), and Kahokiss (drums & vocals). Acco’s off-kilter self-taught compositional and confrontational performance skills, together with the band’s incredible musicianship, make for a thrilling and unmissable live act.
Super Champon Tracklist
(スーパーチャンポン)
1. I am not maternal (アイドンビリーブマイ母性)
2. YAKITORI (ヤキトリ)
3. I won’t dish out salads (サラダ取り分けませんことよ) view
4. PARDON? (パードゥン?)
5. Nabe party with pocket brothers (穴兄弟で鍋パーティー)
6. Leave me alone! No, stay with me! (リーブミーアローンやっぱさっきのなしでステイウィズミ)
7. I checked your cellphone (携帯みてしまいました)
8. I put my love to you in a song JASRAC (あなたとの恋、歌にしてJASRAC)
9. Don’t call me Mojo (呼ばんといて喪女)
10. Where did you buy such a nice watch you are wearing now (あらあんたえらいええ時計してそれどこで買いはったん)
11. George & Janice (ジョージ&ジャニス)
12. First-class side-guy (一級品の間男)
13. You’re no hero shut up f*ck you man-whore (ヤリチン武勇伝ちゃう口を慎め)
14. I don’t want to die alone (孤独死こわい)
15. Dirty old fart is waiting for my reaction (ジジイ is waiting for my reaction)
16. Do you want me to send a DM (DM送ってやろうか)
17. Do you want me to send a DM part 2 (DM送ってやろうかPart2)
18. Let’s shopping after show (レッツショッピングアフターショー)
Photo Credit: Mayumi Hirata
Super Champon 2022 Tour Dates
May 5 Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
May 6 Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown
May 7 Brussels, BE @ AB Club
May 8 The Hague, NL @ PAARD (small hall)
May 11 Groningen, NL @ Vera
May 16 London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
May 19 Glasglow, UK @ St. Luke’s
May 20 Manchester, UK @ Club Academy
May 22 Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
May 24 Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
June 2 Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
June 30 Belfort, FR @ Les Eurockeenes
July 8 Trenčín, SK @ Pohoda Festival
Sept 30 Toronto, ON, CA @ Lee’s Place
Oct 2 Philadelphia, PA, US @ Johnny Brenda’s
Oct 3 Boston, MA, US @ The Sinclair
Oct 5 Brooklyn, NY, US @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct 6 Washington, DC, US @ Union Stage
Oct 8 Chicago, IL, US @ Empty Bottle
Oct 11 Denver, CO, US @ Globe Hall
Oct 14 Seattle, WA, US @ The Crocodile
Oct 16 Portland, OR, US @ Doug Fir
Oct 18 San Francisco, CA, US @ Great American Music Hall
Oct 19 Los Angeles, CA, US @ Echoplex
Oct 21 San Diego, CA, US @ The Casbah
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