This has been the case for a while, but something felt different this year. You can watch the Dan W.Even as the distinctive features of the format become murkier and more abstract, the EP still serves as a reliable means for new artists to find their footing and more established ones to test out new ideas. Whatever that may be, don’t forget: You Cannot Stop Civilisation.” The Civilisation era, with its conflation of time on the grandest scale, is a bridge between our more personal 2018 album Time ‘n’ Place and KKB’s next move. It’s a humanist manifesto for the Anthropocene in several parts incorporating chants, an insistent four-to-the-floor and field recordings of natural sites. “Well Rested” (future), our longest track yet at over seven minutes, addresses The Resurrection and humanity’s distant future. Its direct, documentary style was inspired by narrative art like the Bayeux Tapestry and Trajan’s Column. “21/04/20” (present) recounts a typical day in the early Covid lockdown in Bromley (South London), complete with a late leftover pasta breakfast, enthusiastic joggers and friendship conducted over video call. It tells the story of a young explorer who was kidnapped and revered as a princess by an isolated society her worshippers later found her gone, but it’s up to the listener to guess her fate. “The Princess and the Clock” (past) is a legend of our own invention, designed to feel like a familiar folk tale.
Like it’s predecessor, Civilisation II explores lost world art pop, made entirely with old synthesisers and assorted junk in our quest to realise a fantastical parallel timeline for pop music, with lyrics encompassing religion, our society and the environment.Įach of Civilisation II’s three tracks are set in the past, present and future respectively. “Civilisation II is the sequel to our 2019 EP Civilisation I. In a press release, Kero Kero Bonito shared: Furthermore, with its lyrics touching on the environment, society’s future, religion, and parallel universes – rendered alongside plenty of nature samples and field recordings – the album carries a bit of a solarpunk vibe to it. Like its predecessor, the tracks on Civilization II were composed entirely on vintage hardware. Sarah’s vocals steer the ship from start-to-finish on Civilization II, which put together with Civilization I, marks Kero Kero Bonito’s most heartfelt work yet. Meanwhile, “Well Rested” is a glorious journey of a track and just about the best song that KKB has made – a vaporwavy elixir of chiming synths and four-on-the-floor house beats that glides and zig zags into truly dazzling sonic territories. In addition to the previously-released lead single “The Princess and the Clock,” we’re blessed with two new tracks written in both Japanese and English: “21/04/20” (named after the day it was written, one year ago exactly) and “Well Rested.” The former is a mid tempo alt pop jam with buoyant and loungey synths shimmering under Sarah Midori Perry’s sweetly, dream-like singing voice. Civilization II is a titanic force of a record that both expands on the original’s wondrously glitchy palette of sounds, but also elaborates on its poignant messages. Today it finally arrives, and Kero Kero Bonito have delivered big time. Of course, naming it Civilization I implied a forthcoming sequel. In just three songs, KKB delivered some of their most imaginative and forward-thinking work to date. That record saw them re-incorporating maximal synth and drum machine soundscapes, with evocative themes alluding to environmental degradation, societal tension, and the foreshadowing of a potential apocalypse. In 2019 they threw another curveball and leveled up hard on the Civilization I EP.
They’ve also done so much for the DIY scene over the last several years, and have since evolved into one of the best bands in the game. Kero Kero Bonito are pushing the pop music sphere to futuristic new heights via their hyper-kinetic blend of electronic, alt-rock, and noise pop stylings.
English alt pop trailblazers deliver big time on wondrous Civilization I sequel
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