Hyper-pop project Kero Kero Bonito have been making waves for a while with sugared-up, sometimes-sardonic anthems like “Picture This,” “Lipslap,” and “Break.” Now the U.K. trio is back with a new single called “Graduation,” plus news of a full-length called Bonito Generation, arriving on October 21 via Double Denim Records.
Opening with electronic handclaps, “Graduation” bounces with shocking EDM bolts as lead singer Sarah Perry sings, “Today’s my graduation / So long to education / Didn’t learn a thing anyway.” (And there’s plenty more cheery skepticism where that came from.) Listen below, check out Bonito Generation‘s track list, and scroll through Kero Kero Bonito’s tour dates.
Bonito Generation track list:
1. “Waking Up”
2. “Heard A Song”
3. “Graduation”
4. “Fish Bowl”
5. “Big City”
6. “Break”
7. “Lipslap”
8. “Try Me”
9. “Paintbrush”
10. “Trampoline”
11. “Picture This”
12. “Hey Parents”
Kero Kero Bonito tour dates:
October 12 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
October 13 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
October 16 – San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
October 19 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
October 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
October 21 – San Diego, CA @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
October 26 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
October 27 – Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar
October 28 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
October 29 – Montreal, QC @ L’Astral
October 30 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
November 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
November 4 – Philadelphia, PA @ Coda
November 5 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
November 6 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
