PUBLISHED: Feb 04, 2010
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From the heart of Fukuokas underground scene come Bo-Peep, three girls representing a generation raised on 90s grunge and making a startlingly hard sound.
Bo-Peep are a three-piece girl band (guitar, bass and drums) with no added nonsense, achieving the utmost simple chaos from their instruments, tough-brittle lyrics and cage-rattling vocals. Like the best of Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins music, at the core of that chaos lies pure harmony surrounding solid, catchy melodies and in that blend comes their originality.
In 2008 Bo-Peep presented their second full-length albumSICK ORANGE TELEVISION, while the first album Is It Good For You was released in the UK, the recordings capture the aura and power of their live performances, which see the band savage the stage like girls possessed, from Japans prestigious Fuji Rock festival all the way to Britains In The City, The Great Escape, London Calling festivals, and beyond.
What the UK press is saying:
An unexpected highlight of The Great Escape. The Sun
Dynamic, grunge-inflected rawk that hurts in the best way possible. Drowned In Sound
Acts like Polysics and Bo-Peep aspire to an English sound, and are beginning to make headway in the UK. The Guardian
Tokyos Bo-Peep offer a brutal take on the riot grrrl aesthetic, prowling the stage with menace. PlayLouder
Bo-Peep have an affinity for British music, citing Led Zeppelin, The Stones, The Smiths and even Franz Ferdinand as influences. No wonder these girls are so bloody loud Neo
Dont fall for their butter wouldnt melt looks. This is a very dynamic, furious and frantic Japanese trio Their Ramones back-to-back-style delivery is giving us speedy three-minute slices of rock gold. MusicTowers.com
Although the band make references to Western rock bands, Bo-Peep take in what they are inspired by and smash it out their own way. Jpop.com
Its hard to imagine the extent of this three-piece girl bands dense, intense sound piercing the world as it does. Tower Records Bounce magazine, Japan