These chicks window shopping for guitars happen to belong to a sick new collective known as Nisennenmondai. Well, they’re not new new. They formed ten years ago. But they’re new to us, and their sound is definitely a delightful breath of fresh air.
Nisennenmondai is a three-piece hypnotic post rock group led by three (incidentally attractive) young Japenese women… so it seems a lot of geeks’ prayers were answered, no? But enough with the superficial facets, Sayaka Himeno, Yuri Zaikawa, and Masako Takada have serious chops. Somewhere between no wave, kraut, and funky math rock, strattling the median between Faust and Don Caballero, lies Nisennenmondai. But, and this is important, Nisennenmondai do not sound exactly like any of the aforementioned – they’re still brining something decidedly fresh to the table. Their debut Destination Tokyo was recorded in the fall of 2007, but thanks to megafans like Gang Gang Dance, Battles, No Age, and Hella, the groups is getting their jams released domestically, as well as a lot of exposure.
With full motorik rhythm in tow and mesmeric, snaky, twiling guitar melodies flying gently above the surface, this is serious get shit done music. Pipe the title track through your headphone technology and go for a jog.
Nisennenmondai is on MySpazz of course, and Destination Tokyo is available now via Smalltown Supersound.
For fans of: Battles, Ciccone Youth, This Heat, Faust
MP3 :::
Nisennenmondai – Mirrorball
Nisennenmondai – Destination Tokyo
