aaamusic | On 17, Dec 2010

Fujiya & Miyagi Announce March UK Tour + Release Xmas Video

www.fujiya-miyagi.co.uk
www.fulltimehobby.co.uk

As the release of new album ‘Ventriloquizzing’ creeps closer, Fujiya & Miyagi have announced a fullUK tour in March. Complete details of this are below, including a show at London’s Heaven on the 8th March.

And to counter all this festive spirit and pop something unseemly in your Christmas stocking, the band and their doppelganger dummies have made another video album trailer.

Seems like a Fujiya & Miyagi Xmas doesn’t comprise of merriment, mistletoe and wine but lots, and lots of bread:

UK live dates:

2nd March) Birmingham – Hare & Hounds
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

3rd March ) Salford – Islington Mill
www.seetickets.com / 0115 912 9000

4th March Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
www.seetickets.com / www.jumborecords.co.uk / 0113 2455570

5th March Bristol – The Fleece
www.bristolticketshop.co.uk / 0117 929 9008

8th March) London – Heaven
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/101359 / 08444771000 / 08702643333

‘Ventriloquizzing’ is set for release on the 17th January 2011 via Full Time Hobby

Pre-order the album here on CD/LP/MP3/FLAC from http://fulltimehobby.sandbag.uk.com

The atmosphere on this record is notably darker than before. From the Gainsbourg-esque ‘Sixteen Shades of Black And Blue’ and on, the mood is forceful, aggressive and confrontational, but all the while maintaining the taut, minimalistic funk that’s become their calling card. “It’s quite an accusatory record, but you never know why, or what the target of the accusation has done,” says frontman and songwriter David Best. “I think there’s an underlying anger, or perhaps just annoyance, at institutions and people in general, and probably ourselves too.” Topics touched on include over-medication, eco-hypocrisy and the myth of Chanctonbury Ring, where it’s said if you run round a clump of trees backwards seven times the devil will appear and offer you soup. The song’s called ‘Minestrone’.

The spirit of the new is also helped along by the involvement of producer Thom Monahan, known for his work with Vetiver, Au Revoir Simone and Devendra Banhart. Recorded over several months in Monahan’s LA studio, there was plenty of time for co-songwriter Steve Lewis to experiment with analogue synths and a new raft of influences from Northern soul (‘Cat Got Your Tongue’’s lyrics) to Bob Dylan (T’aiwanese Boots’’s eco-conscious nod to Dylan’s Boots Of Spanish Leather). Elsewhere you’ll find the title track ‘Ventriloquizzing’, the darkly rousing ‘Sixteen Shades Of Black & Blue’, and ‘OK’ and ‘Universe’, which both feature Becky Stark’s atmospheric vocals. And then there are the lyrics – full of twisted humour and dark couplets. “Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air, sometimes I don’t/We could stick our fingers in our ears; we could stick our fingers in our ears, yeah,” says ‘Tinsel & Glitter’.