Shunkan (the project of LA-born, NZ-based Marina Sakimoto) raised quite a fuss last year with the release of her debut EP, Honey, Milk and Blood, a collection of great shoegazey lo-fi pop (which we featured here). Now Shunkan is back, this time as a full band, and are readying a debut full-length which is slated for release later this year. We’re promised big guitars, big drums and big choruses, all without sacrificing the intimacy of Honey, Milk and Blood. If Shunkan can deliver on all that then it should be an album to look forward to.
In the meantime, the good folks over at Art is Hard Records are releasing the first single, ‘Our Names’ as a taste of what’s to come. The track certainly packs a punch, rattling along in just under two minutes, adding a heaping spoonful of power pop to what we’ve come to expect from Shunkan.
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‘Our Names’ is being released as a limited edition A6 screenprinted comic (courtesy of Hats and Milk), which comes complete with a digital download of the track and also demo versions of two other tracks from the forthcoming album. Order the single here.
