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Good morning! I’m super happily and uber excitedly counting down my first solo album release on 24th July. I’ll be posting more with my photos to get more likes and complements. Sayonara.

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Listen to Mariko's new single 'Moon Walk' with visual art by Mamoru Watanabe. mamoruwatanabe.com

https://youtu.be/OsIx2WjlMAg

If you like it, you can pre-order my new album 'Momohajimetewarau' here!↓↓↓ https://marindoi.com/music

Listen on Spotify here!↓↓↓ https://open.spotify.com/album/7xwgJCATjdty7vT9ZmtNOf

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(Parakeet) Paper, Scissors, Stone

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KASA, by Parakeet

10 track album

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Our first album is released on 22nd April. Get your copy from here!

https://parakeetmusic.bandcamp.com/merch

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Londoners, go and grab a free copy of Le Bon Bon from your local shop!

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Parakeet share sunny alt pop song “Summer Apathy” — listen

Yuck and The History of Apple Pie side project preps its debut LP.

When Mariko Doi of Yuck and James Thomas of The History of Apple Pie got together to form Parakeet, they sought to create a raucous, thrashing punk band. It turned out that they were better at coating their noise in more of an alt pop patina, however. That’s what put them on the map with 2012’s Shonen Hearts EP, an effort that gained them buzzing popularity abroad in Japan and their UK home. Two EPs later, they’ve continued to refine their sound — one that’s both unabashedly loud and sugary fun — and will unleash it in all of its glory on their debut LP, KASA, due April 22nd via Lunar Ruins.

Following lead single “Sugar Rush”, the duo has returned with a new track called “Summer Apathy”. As the title suggests, the track isn’t as lighthearted as the previous release, but the intricate guitar and bass work still manages to warm the cockles of your heart. With crunchy lines that point just slightly down at your shoes, the song encapsulates all the shine of a glorious summer day right alongside the too-cool sand of a lonely summer’s eve. Or, as the band puts it, “All the instruments are woven like a herringbone. It’s an ultimate heartbreak song.”

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Parakeet – “Sugar Rush” (Stereogum Premiere)

Fuzzed-out '90s alt-pop duo Parakeet are the side project of the Yuck bassist Mariko Doi with her partner in punishment Joya's James Thomas. After releasing a slew of wonderfully raucous singles in 2012 shortly after the forming the previous year, the duo's promise hasn't waned. They've picked up buzz overseas with the stellar Shonen Hearts EP, and the Japan-only release of a compilation that comprised the debut single "Tomorrow," the aformentioned "Shonen Hearts," and a few covers. They've been quiet stateside though — that is, until today. Parakeet are back with a new single off their official debut LP, KASA, and it's more of the same shoegazing controlled chaos that put them on the map four years ago. "Sugar Rush" is a dense, thrashing piece of energy which only scales back for Doi's delicate vocals to find their way to the forefront. Layers of heavily distorted guitars and bashing drums crash into each other at rapid speed, resulting in four and half minutes of unrelenting energy.