triple rock social club: asobi seksu

Thursday, three days after my first visit to the Triple Rock, I returned to see Asobi Seksu, Brooklyn indie-rock band fronted by a Japanese woman, Yuki Chikudate.

Singing in a near falsetto, Chikudate's voice provides more of a melodic backing to their songs. It’s difficult to decipher the lyrics to many of their songs, even more so when she sings in Japanese. So while the band sounds nice, and Chikudate has a pretty voice, I find it difficult to delve too deeply into their music.

Unintelligibility aside, the band puts on a nice show. Full of energy, guitarists drove the show, with Chikudate swaying around the microphone as she sang.
Openers for emo favorites The Appleseed Cast, Asobi Seksu played for about 40 minutes. The crowd was more engaged than for many opening acts, though I don’t think most were heartbroken to see them depart the stage.