Full admission: Our heads are still spinning from Kero Kero Bonito’s sold-out show in Allston back in October. As the multi-national indie-pop trio prepare a return to North America, hitting up the other side of the country as they make their way to Coachella appearances in April, they’ve announced a new 7-inch set for release May 17.
The record features Time ‘n’ Place track “Swimming” as the a-side, with new song “Open Road” on the flip. Kero Kero Bonito say the upbeat, fuzzy “Open Road” is a song “about our North America tour last year, including anecdotes about the time a lorry nearly jackknifed into us in a blizzard and getting robbed in San Francisco.”
The former experience inspired the lyric “We came to a halt in the snow / Swerving on the wet slush below / Just as well we did ‘cos / That lorry in front of us / Was gonna tip over” while the latter paved the way for “Way out on the north golden coast / Just as we were ready to go / Bandits broke into the van / And took all we had.”
We hope this next run is a bit less stressful, and we know it’ll take more than bad winter roadways and petty crooks to slow down Kero Kero Bonito. Peep all the dates below, and pre-order the new 7-inch here via Polyvinyl.
Kero Kero Bonito 2019 Live Dates
March 01 – Paris, France @ Point Ephémère
March 02 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord
March 08 – Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall
March 22 – New Orleans, LA @ BUKU Music + Art Project
April 02 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird
April 03 – St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room
April 04 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
April 05 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
April 06 – Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
April 08 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister
April 09 – El Paso, TX @ The Lowbrow Palace
April 10 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile
April 12 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
April 13 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Bunkhouse Saloon
April 15 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
April 18 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
April 19 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
April 20 – San Jose, CA @ The Ritz
April 21 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
April 23 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
April 24 – Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore
April 25 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
April 25 – April 27 – Reykjavík, Iceland @ Sónar Reykjavík
May 18 – Wrexham, UK @ The Live Rooms @ FOCUS Wales
May 23 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
June 09 – Manchester, UK @ Parklife Festival
July 04 – July 06 – Dumfries, UK @ Electric Fields Festival
July 11 – July 13 – Bilbao, Spain @ Bilbao BBK Live 2019
August 29 – September 01 – Dorset, UK @ End of The Road Festival