Ichiko Aoba - Luminescent CreaturesTo listen to Ichiko Aoba is to be drawn into a world as intimate as a warmly lit home, but cosmic in scale. The Japanese singer, songwriter, composer and multi instrumentalist has taken a dedicated online fanbase built from TikTok sounds and critically acclaimed and translated that into international tours spanning more than 20 countries. She was well known in Japan collaborating with artists like Haruomi Hosono, Cornelius and the late Ryuichi

Backed by Molly Neuman’s heart attack drumming and Erin Smith’s shark-in-the-surf riffs the band returns pulling no punches

melodic rock and Phillipps' playful punk-rock tendencies

“made every organ ache just right

' which recounts a tale of moving on from a wild past with typically clever lyrics ("when they make the movie of your life/they're going to have to ask you to do your own stunts") and a gorgeous arrangement featuring steel guitars and sarabeth tucek's honeyed backing vocals

Featuring the B-sides

Nina Nastasia

Robber Barons

toured Europe with Gilla Band and Shellac

The one side black vinyl b/w full color picture disc showcases exclusive photography detailing original wall art from Lee 'Scratch' Perry's Black Ark studio

escaping all efforts at easy categorization

but when we went to record them

Uncle Remus