Tokyo Jihen

Hey guys! We ended last week's show with a crazy unique track by Tokyo Jihen (otherwise known as Tokyo Incidents), a Japanese band whose style is characterized by a fusion of jazz and rock (and some freaky squeaky vocals). The front[wo]man is Ringo Shiina, who created the band after she decided to quit her solo career.

The song we featured for you, Osca, actually grows on you after the few million times you play it... I could not tell whether she was speaking Japanese, or English, or any other human language for that matter, but the fact that it's so weird makes it soooo cool :)

Anyways, here's the randomly peculiar music video for the song:

I also have to admit, their lyrics (English translated LOL) don't make any sense whatsoever...here:

That deep red Osca Alfa wins us over running the whole distance

I partook of true charisma – that’s a surface wave

With sorrow blazing down in Obli, I’ll hurry on

Pretending to be straight through divine Providence, I’ll stir things up again...

... Now the unmasking as the sign is peeled away; don’t cry out

Maybe a partner, sista OSCA

Now crossbreeding if heterogeneous – that presence

Um, yeah. What do you guys make out from that?!?

Anyways, a HUGE thanks to my friend KY for introducing them to me... and after I got over the whole bizarre-ness of their image they're now a hot fave of mine x] they've got quite a few other good ones out there -- check out Dynamite below:

Okie dokie, that's it for now :) Have a good one people xoxo