Asobi Seksu @ The Bowery

Photos by Clarissa Roudabush
Last night at The Bowery everyone and their mother was there, literally. The parental units of Asobi Seksu came out to support the kids, unfortunately minus Yuki Chikudate’s folks who are out in LA. Coming out of the tail end of their Hush tour, Yuki proclaimed a few songs in, “We are Asobi Seksu from here. It’s good to be home, it’s been a while”. And like a Murakami character, with her big voice and tiny frame, she went on to sing songs about nightmares in a poignant whimsicality. Which I found out today is indeed a word (and perfectly fitting):

whim‚ãÖsi‚ãÖcal‚ãÖi‚ãÖty
Pronunciation:
[hwim-zi-kal-i-tee, wim-]
Function:
noun
Etymology:
whimsy
Date:
1653
1: full of, actuated by, or exhibiting whims
2 a: resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice ; especially : lightly fanciful
2 b: subject to erratic behavior or unpredictable change

These kids played a mix of old and new including faves such as ‘Thursday’, ‘Strawberries’, ‘Familiar Light’, and ‘Me & Mary’, which might as well be the theme song from My Little Pony, and who doesn’t love that? I know I went to McDo just for the Happy Meals recently to add another pink plastic horse to my Sloane Crosley-esque collection.
Check out more photos after the jumpy jump…
PS- Asobi hearts Tyvek

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