{"id":37594,"date":"2021-11-26T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37594"},"modified":"2021-11-26T08:18:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T13:18:29","slug":"teketeke-announce-2022-north-american-tour-share-kala-kala-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37594","title":{"rendered":"TEKE::TEKE announce 2022 North American Tour + share \u2018Kala Kala\u2019 video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Montreal-based seven-piece Japanese psych-rock band\u00a0TEKE::TEKE have announced a highly anticipated North American tour, which includes the band\u2019s first ever shows in the United States. Eager to share their near-mythic live energy that was channeled into their blistering debut album\u00a0\u2018Shirushi<\/a>\u2019\u2014released earlier this year via\u00a0Kill Rock Stars\u2014 the tour will kick off in January of 2022. The general sale for tickets is\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0

To coincide with the announcement, they also shared a new video for Kala Kala<\/em>, Shirushi<\/em>\u2019s lead single. Kala Kala<\/em>, much like TEKE::TEKE, is an onomatopoeia. Here it’s the sound of ‘rattling’ or ‘clattering’. The lyrics, which vocalist Maya Kuroki wrote, explore the theme of identity, gender, and the ambiguity of it all through her wild signature poetry in Japanese.\u00a0\u201cCluttering refers to the sound of masks changing fast, or a spinning wheel, or anything that moves in a kind of cycle. It’s just an image I had when thinking about identity and everybody’s quest for one, or quest for some kind of meaning as a living being,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0guitarist Serge Nakauchi-Pelletier explains.\u00a0\u201cFor yet another DIY video, we just wanted to go crazy with the visuals to match the energy of the music, using Maya’s colorful illustrations.\u201d\u00a0<\/em> Watch the video clip for Kala Kala<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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