ROOM40 presents:
TENNISCOATS

Tokyo’s Tenniscoats celebrate all that makes song vital in our collective conscious. Matching emotive live performance against delicately psychedelic folk songs, the duo of Saya and Takashi Ueno (assisted by a plethora of floating members/"special friends"), create some of the most compelling music currently emanating from Japan.

Saya played the very first show at Cafe OTO back in April ‘08 and its with much joy that we announce a return visit to the venue. This time Tenniscoats will be performing as a quartet over two nights with two radically different sets!

Key catalysts within the Japanese underground Saya and Ueno have performed with Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Cacoy, Puka Puka Brians, Yumbo and others. They've also spread their wings more widely collaborating with Lawrence English and the ROOM40 label in Australia and the UK, Tape/Häpna in Sweden, and the OneOne/CanCan hyper-pop juggernaut with Satomi and Greg of Deerhoof. Two Sunsets, their long-awaited record with The Pastels will be released via Geographic/Domino in May 2009.

more info/listen:
www.tenniscoats.com
www.myspace.com/tenniscoats
www.lastfm.com/music/tenniscoat