Kero Kero Bonito - Outside
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- from the album Time 'n' Place
kerokerobonito.com/tnp
I think I smell the rain again
I see the leaves getting dewy
They're breathing
Fresh air awakens everything
While the winds are barging through
They greet you
Outside here
Like any other morning
Landing on cue
I hear the drizzle drumming down
And then I realise in all of my life
I don't think that I
Remember it being
So vivid
One two three four five six miles away
I wonder if they notice over there?
Until the light
Throws colours across the vista
Piling so high they reach out of sight
To heaven
For those who find the change of KKB's sound on *Time 'n' Place* jarring, here's the press release to better contextualize it:
The sophomore full-length from Kero Kero Bonito, Time ‘n’ Place is an album ineffably shaped by the subconscious. Lead singer and chief lyricist Sarah Bonito (who was raised in the suburbs on the Japanese island Hokkaido) found herself rattled in recent years by recurring images in her dreams: a water park from when she was little, a hallway in her primary school. After those dreams started, she also received an unexpected photo from her brother: a picture of a plot of bare land that once held her childhood home, the house now demolished. (“I felt like I’d lost something, even though I didn’t know I needed it,” she says.) And in another heartbreak for Sarah, 2017 saw the death of her beloved childhood pet, a boy budgie named Nana whom she received soon after moving to the UK at age 13.
At the same time, Sarah’s fellow KKB members experienced some life-changing upheaval, including the loss of several close family members. So when the London trio began writing again, they felt compelled to diverge from the carefree sensibilities of their early work (a form of kitsch electro-pop that jumbled up lo-fi dance music with bilingual lyrics, British TV references, and stories about animals). Resuming a very teenage and visceral approach to making music, KKB effectively morphed into a band, with Sarah on vocals, Jamie on bass, Gus on drums, and their friend James Rowland on guitar. Their debut for Polyvinyl, Time ‘n’ Place is a document of that band finding its voice, a coming-of-age story told in warped guitar solos, shining melodies, unnervingly tender lyrics about yogurt and seafoam and feral parakeets.
Though much of Time ‘n’ Place was self-produced in Gus’s bedroom in the London suburb of Bromley, it was also partly recorded by Jimmy Robertson (Arctic Monkeys, Fuck Buttons) and Stereolab drummer Andy Ramsay (King Krule, Wire) at Ramsay’s Press Play Studio in South London. Along with Rowland, the album features contributions from noise/electronic musician Jennifer Walton, a string arrangement by composer Calum Bowen (aka bo en), and a three-part choir made up of Cecile Believe, Oscar Scheller, and Crying’s z (aka Elaiza Santos). Built on the same volatile energy that’s made KKB’s live shows famously mosh-heavy, Time ‘n’ Place collages those elements together in a sound that’s both chaotic as punk and symphonic as ’60s pop.
For KKB the urgency of Time ‘n’ Place was imperative-they needed to process their pain and confusion in frantic, kinetic movements, and bashing away on drums and guitars felt more fitting than assembling songs on a laptop. It’s also much more true to their upbringing as musicians, back when Gus and Jamie were growing up in the South London suburbs and played in garage bands together all during their school days. With the added vision and otherworldly voice of Sarah-who spent her adolescence in the UK town of Kenilworth, and met Gus and Jamie on a web forum five years ago-the classically dissident music of their indie-rock forebears takes on weirder and more wonderful textures and colors, giving way to something dreamy and transcendent but not without its nightmare moments.
While loss of innocence is an overriding theme on Time ‘n’ Place, the album is weighted with existential reflections of all kinds. “Make Believe” is partly about lucid dreaming, but it’s also about self-inflicted anxiety, and the danger in slipping into fantasy as a way to escape fear. “Time Today” is about waking up early and feeling determined to make the most of the day, and the sad/sweet naïveté of that optimism in the face of self-sabotage. “Only Acting” follows a social-media-age identity crisis, the song itself coming unhinged as its narrator spins out of control. And on “Dear Future Self,” KKB examine their worries about the state of the world, bending time by including a line about global warming in a song styled toward Brill Building pop.
Elsewhere on Time ‘n’ Place, KKB look into multiverse theory (on “If I’d Known,” a Randy Newman-inspired song featuring a verse rapped by Jamie) and the shift in perspective that comes with getting older (on “Swimming,” a bittersweet tribute to singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya). Recorded with a gang of their dearest friends, all singing together in a ragtag chorus, “Sometimes” is a tear-jerkingly hopeful song about pushing through depression. An album concerned with the sanctity of physical space in an increasingly virtual world, Time ‘n’ Place also speaks to the thrill of going outside (on “Outside”), the tranquility of the town dump (on “Dump”), and the surreal stillness of a deserted rest stop (on “Rest Stop,” a track that finishes the album in a beautifully glitched-out non-ending).
Within the cartography of Time ‘n’ Place, the most important space is the suburbs, an aspect of their shared past that KKB find infinitely formative. As kids, each member quickly learned the need to invent their own wildness and excitement, embracing misfit status in a place where any form of self-expression could be seen as aberrant. That iconoclastic spirit has carried over to KKB’s current role in the musical landscape, with Time ‘n’ Place partly conceived as a reaction against the sterility of playlist culture. It’s a sublimely untidy album, anarchic but balletic in grace, music born from willful imagination and a sense of purpose best captured in the band’s own words: “More than ever music needs to be set free, because it can be anything, so we just decided to do whatever the fuck we wanted.”
Thanks now I understand
You seriously think I'm reading all that?
ah yes, it's all so clear now!
I understand. I let anyone that makes music do what they want tbh its their choice
Dear god i don't think anyone else could get so noided so fast.
and they meet on a internet forum lol
This opening track goes soo hard.. I'm 4 years late , just discovered KKB and totally in love with their music...
me too this is my favourite i’ve heard so far from them
I found about them from their popular flamingo song back in like 2016 or 2017 (idk), didnt know they made bangers like this .-.
Never too late to discover great music
REAL BONITO HOURS
I hope all my fellow KKB fans have a gud October. It was nice being here at 3AM with you all.
I dunno what you mean it was definitely 9am ;)
ty m8 you too
the harmony on the line at 0:50 is so unbelievably gorgeous, I have to go and play it back over and over whenever i listen, i literally cant stop myself
I can imagine running through the autumn leaves listening to this!
pumped to mosh at a kkb concert
dont do that
PAIN :(((((
This is exactly what happened, but it wasn't exactly violent. she even laughed at us and said to be careful
KKB are masters of the unexpected upload
Oh so kkb is noise rock too... not gonna complain
This song feels like a child actor who you loved and related to, growing up and realizing they’re disappointed with the world. And you still relate to them.
It's all genres in one band and I love it
💘💟💝💞 This whole album gonna be my autumn/winter bop omg ❤️💓💖💞
I HEAR THE DRIZZLE DRUMMING DOWN ♥︎
Thank you. You propably might not even notice this but this brang memories of some really good times in my childhood.Since im living one of my biggest nightmares for years.Thank you, kkb
Love it.
Check every new video of kero kero. Look what i commented
same *hits fat dab*
AAAAAAA TODAS SON HERMOSAS!
PROTIP: There's a playlist on KKB's channel ready if you want to listen to the new songs in order
Can´t wait for their tour man! I´m so exited!
_Sounds like a scott pilgrim song._
with a sprinkle of flcl
lvxm peace Is that a bad thing? I thought those songs were surprisingly good.
@@dead_kennedys7870 I love the song, lel.
We are Sex Bob-Omb!
Did not expect this, but not complaining. At all.
Werner Erkelens hi Ily
same
I WANT MORE STUFF LIKE THIS FROM YOU GUYS!
Quite the change of keys for a change of style.
Such a great new style, Loved the old jpop vibe, but gotta love me some Alt rock/pop, and some great vocals and sampling. 😀👌
This is different but I like it
I love love love this and the whole album
All of her songs are so good
yes!
Damn. The intro was loud for a KKB song...
mmm i can feel bo en in this song!
I'm crying...)
Somebody mash this up with bill wurtz' outside pls
YES
YES
I Loveeeeeee this
Holy Fuck this is like Depreciation Guild minus gimmick plus amazing
Such a good song though. Beautiful harmonies.
Sooooooooooooooooo many
I love it
This reminds me anamanaguchi songs
Scott Pilgrim vibes :D
Wtf that new album is rly awesome
Basically, this is KKB’s Pinkerton
YYYYYEEEEEESSSS
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! NEW KKB ALBUM!!!!!!!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!! AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
wow
Okay did anyone else hear that guitar in the beginning and think of Death Grips' song Bottomless Pit? Because once I heard that I shouted to myself "I'LL FUCK YOU IN HALF" and it further cements my belief that Kero Kero Bonito is just Life Grips.
Is it weird that I don't know what word the lyrics are saying even when I focus really hard? These types of music really require me to read the lyrics to get it
I wanna go outside, out out out out outside
Yee
i hear the drizzle drumming down
Strong AF opener
HYPE
intéressant, merci.
Sunset overdrive is that you?
am happy
KKB goes shoegaze? I love it!
DAMN THIS SHIT TIGHT
1,2,3!
Hype
SOUNDS LIKE BOTTOMLESS PIT (TRACK)
it reminds me of Lush???
Keto KERO Bonito ft The Pillows
kero
🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄
ez AOTY
thank you Ratt Matson
Noice song
Creo que huelo la lluvia otra vez
I think I smell the rain again
Veo que las hojas se humedecen
I see the leaves getting dewy
Estan respirando
They're breathing
El aire fresco lo despierta todo
Fresh air awakens everything
Mientras los vientos atraviesan
While the winds are barging through
Te saludan
They greet you
Afuera aqui
Outside here
Como cualquier otra mañana
Like any other morning
Aterrizando en el momento justo
Landing on cue
Oigo caer la llovizna
I hear the drizzle coming down
Y luego me doy cuenta en toda mi vida
And then I realise in all of my life
No creo que lo recuerde siendo
I don't think that I remember it being
Tan vívido
So vivid
Uno dos tres CUATRO
One two three four…
Fast and frightning intro?
Take care
Do you guys know when time and place is coming out on cd
I'm fucking digging the kinda emo bonito.
:)
0:42
What are some other KKB songs like this? Noise Rock-ish
Only Acting, Flyway, You Know How It Is
vocal style and especially the ending is reminiscent of bill wurtz. He also has a song named outside. lol weird connections
Cade os fãs do KKB do BR?
Tô aqui.
bonitober
WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB!
we can't go outside anymore
Scott pilgrim?!?
Y'all the picture is traMPOLINE
that new dg track sounds great
lol I can't hear the vocals over the instruments
*Watches Flamingo* *Clicks on this* AHHHHHHH
can we get a kkb and Tyler the creator collab
Hey guys I am from Texas and I was gonna go visit my friend in Atlanta to see y’all but they sold out in a second :(
Is there any way we could buy some tickets from y’all?????:)
Punk vibes
guys KONNA taste DATTA?
I don’t go there.
Am I the only one who prefers noise rock KKB?
I like both ways of their pawsome music
Michael Christian nope
nope
Nah, me too
no
This album has the funniest fucking cover art. For some reason the way Sarah looks just cracks me up every time
Zoom classes be like
Kanye staring at the camera type look
She’s hot
She looks like she just got arrested for a DUI.
Hello, i am mexican and i love your's songs
x2 😂💜
x3
same
Mexicano love for KKB activate
Yo soy español pero lo mismo
This blew my mind when I turned the album on and heard this. Almost couldn't tell it was Kero Kero Bonito. This is so so awesome, and so different from anything they've done before. Mad respect
Can't wait to see them on tour this month
I'm going november
im seeing them today!!
Michel 14 i just got home, it was amazing!!!!
I can’t make it to the show in SF
they will come at porter robinsons show!
Am I the only one that cries at this song? I think the way they describe wind through the lyrics is astonishingly beautiful. This as an intro song is perfect.
this i like my comfort song, it helped me go through a lot of shit, i used to listen to it when i was sad and the tears of sadness became tears of joy
I'm in lesbian with this
hhahaahaha
I can't describe the feeling I get when I listen to this band. It feels like a sunny Utopia when listening at a worrying time
I think I smell the rain again
I see the leaves getting dewy
They're breathing
Fresh air awakens everything
While the winds are barging through
They greet you
Outside here
Like any other morning
Landing on cue
I hear the drizzle coming down
And then I realise in all of my life
I don't think that I remember it being
So vivid
One two three four five six miles away
I wonder if they notice over there?
Until the light
Throws colours across the vista
Piling so high they reach out of sight
To heaven
Wait, is this the entire album released, *for free?*
Союз нерушимый республик свободных
Сплотила навеки Великая Русь.
Да здравствует созданный волей народов
Единый, могучий Советский Союз!
Славься, Отечество наше свободное,
Дружбы, народов надежный оплот!
Знамя советское, знамя народное
Пусть от победы, к победе ведет!
Broken Figure i felt that 😔👊
The bass and the harmony, holy shit, this is too good.
This Is such a fun listen.
So good that it doesn't even deserve a video
Stayed up till midnight for this album to drop
Totally worth it
same
And five years later its still great
@@unh0lytoast843 ong it is