Kikagaku Moyo Announce Indefinite Hiatus After Next Album
Posted in Whathaveyou on January 21st, 2022 by JJ KoczanMan, people are gonna be stealing this band’s shit forever. Like, 40 years from now there will be white-boy psych-prog bands playing in plagued-out bombshelters hiding from post-climate-apocalypse cannibal marauders looking for water and flesh upon which to cruelly feast, and those bands will sound like Kikagaku Moyo. I’m dead serious. These guys were never huge, never the most popular kind of act, but their sound is set up for a slow-burner influence that might really resonate for decades. They’re going to be the kind of band who, if you’ve seen them, you’ll be glad you did.
One last album in May on Guruguru Brain, a veritable buttload of tour dates — a Fall run on the West Coast still TBA — and then they’re done. I know we never say never when it comes to bands breaking up and reuniting and whatnot, but you can’t argue with the ethic of wanting to go out while they’re still having a good time. Seems like a killer way to spend a decade.
From social media:
Happy New Year, everyone!
We hope you all had great holidays despite the ongoing pandemic.
Today, we have important news to share with you.
After much discussion between the five of us at the end of last year, we have decided to go on an indefinite hiatus after 2022. This means 2022 will be our last year as Kikagaku Moyo.
We have come to the conclusion that because we have truly achieved our core mission as a band, we would love to end this project on the highest note possible. Since first starting as a music collective on the streets of Tokyo in 2012, we never, ever imagined being able to play all over the world for our amazing audiences. It is all because of you that this was ever possible…and to this we are eternally grateful.
With this in mind, our very last album will be released by Guruguru Brain on May 2022.
We enjoyed making this album so much and are incredibly excited to finally release it this spring for you.
Following our last album release, we will do our very last tours this spring and fall.
Tickets for the spring tours will go on sale on Jan 21st, and will be available for purchase on our new website.
Fall west-coast tour will be announced next week.
Please do not miss this chance to get your tickets, because there will be no next time
We sincerely thank all of you for your continuous support and cannot wait to see you all at our shows one last time.
SPRING TOUR 2022
-East Coast N.America-
May 11 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
May 12 Montreal, QC – La Tulip
May 13 Winooski, VT – Waking Windows
May 14 Boston, MA – Royale
May 17 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
May 18 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
May 19 Asheville, NC – Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre
May 20 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
May 21 Nashville, TN – The Basement East
May 23 Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
May 24 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
May 25 Detroit. MI – El Club
May 27 Napa, CA – Bottle Rock Festival
-EU & UK-
June 6 Paris, FR – Trabendo
June 9 Oslo, NO – Loaded Festival
June 11 Beekse Bergen, NL – Best Kept Secret
June 12 Tourcoing, FR – Le Grand Mix
June 13 Brussels, BE – Botanique Orangerie
June 14 Cologne, DE – Gebaude 9
June 15 Copenhagen, DK – Punpehuset
June 16 Berlin, DE – Festsaal Kreuzberg
June 17 Prague, CZ – Futurum
June 18 Vienna, AT – Flex
June 20 Lausanne, CH – Les Docks
June 21 Zurich, CH – Mascotte
June 22 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
June 26 London. UK – Clapham Grand
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