Coming off the back of their highly regarded new EP (Detorake Yuuenchi), not yet so well-known Kulu Kulu Garden blew into the cozy spot, Motion in Shinjuku.
A good start with a new-wavy spiritual less-punkish pop group, Thai Kick Murph kicked in with a great vibe into the event, resulting in people already flooding into the venue. Not only Thai Kick Murph was there, but also the promisingly up-and-coming experimental-ish psych-heavy rock OWARIKARA was funky enough to bring a large audience, and was on the verge of taking over the show.
It was already crowded with a warmed up audience by four other bands before Kulu Kulu Garden started. Regardless of riskily having a great line-up for a CD release party, Kulu Kulu Garden drew attention from the audience. Intensely pitchy Kotone’s (vocal/bass) barely understandable vocal, (which in a lot of cases sounds cheesy – hers didn’t, of course) flew into the audience keeping them engaged. Also, Ryotaro’s punk-influenced guitar riffs and Kyohei’s unexpectedly well-built drums made the atmosphere into a rock comfort-zone.
Even seemingly gaining their followers already and having solid music skills, surprisingly and respectfully Ryotaro Aoki(Gutar) and Kotone Miyahara(Bass/Vocal) leading the band are still young.
The event could have been tough for Kulu Kulu Garden since the sub-headlining acts have decent fan-bases and performed well. As seeing them not ending up with disappointment in comparison to other bands, they definitely did the audience good.
