Hide your own music from women.

Jesus Weekend / Group A @ Ebisu Batica, 28th February
& Miu Mau / Hysteric Picnic /Jebiotto @ Shibuya Home, March 1st 2014

Jesus Weekend played at Batica the other day.  The only thing I knew about them were that they were young and that they from Osaka, with a few cool and famous musical friends to name check in their interviews.  To me then, it sort of fitted that I should see them at Batica; a place that always scares me as the crowd are so young and hip.  Who are these people, and what do they want?  Why are they so different to me?  Why are their faces so wipe-clean and unmarked?  I didn't find any of these answers watching Jesus Weekend.  However, they did take me away from the demons in my mind and hold my attention throughout.  The demons might have been put there by Group A.  Their sound was pretty brutal tonight.  Batica is a very narrow live space and the noise seemed to bounce of the walls and channel right through the punters.  I felt like a seismograph for a little while after.  Most of the guys in the show dared not move despite the noise, incase they missed seeing a mili-second less of boobs less than they possibly could.  Mila and the Geeks also played this show.  Aiha from Seagull Screaming Kiss her kiss her showed up to watch them and I gave her a Nevernevereverland CD.  She never replied (more of which later).

The next day I was at work in Jiyugaoka with a much larger hangover than I expected, and after that I was at Shibuya Home.  This show was a joint release party with Hysteric Picnic and Miu Mau.  Hysteric Picnic sound a lot different now they have a full band.  Miu Mau were exceptional.  Ian always seems to DJ a song of theirs at Fashion Crisis and I always dance and then ask him "Fuck, who were they?"  I hear all of these songs tonight and thoroughly enjoy the show. Listen to their album below.    


As it happened, Jesus Weekend were playing at the event next door at Lush.  Ian got them in so that they could see Hysteric Picnic, whom he is releasing. 

One of the Jesus Weekend saw me and then gave me the most happy and jubilant hi-five I've ever accepted... and I worked for 2 years as an ALT with Elementary school kids.
"Who was that?" asked Rob.
"Oh, um...  I think it was one of Jesus Weekend?!" I replied, knowing half more than the half I didn't like to take the credit for. 

Later on, I gave her this song on a CD. 

  
It was a toss up whether to give her this, or nothing.  Perhaps I should have given her nothing, as I have indeed heard nothing from them since. 



Here's the aforementioned Ian Martin interviewing Jesus Weekend.

http://clearandrefreshing.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/interview-jesus-weekend/