Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:21 PM
Check out this band called Love One Straw aka LOS
They are really awesome.
Sadly, they arent famous.
I saw them performing on the streets in Ikekuburo in Tokyo.
They were trying to promote their band and sell albums to the public.
During one of their breaks, i chatted with their keyboardist.
They formed 2 years ago.
They perform at Ikekuburo square every tuesday during the holidays.
I told her that i was a musician too. From Singapore she seemed interested.
I told her that their music was much better than anything i could come up with.
She laughed.
LOS made a very big impression on me. At 11 degrees celcius on a windy december night,
I heard their beautiful music at that little area inside sunshine city.
The drummer brought his kit over and i was intrigued by the wind chims he used in his playing.
The bassist had a cute badboy kinda face and had his bassed strapped high , grooving funkily.
The rythmn guitarist who also composed majority of their songs, wore a full black outfit with a black cloak and sunglasses and played his acoustic guitar professionally.
The lead guitarist had a purple long sleeved sweater on. Stepping forward occasionally whenever he was gonna play a riff or solo.
Kaori , the keyboardist was playing the bongo drums. Initially, i thought she was a supporter of the band. However, i realized that there was keyboard sounds coming from the wired amplifier on the floor. When i spoke to her, i asked her if she was the keyboardist. She said yes. The constraint was the lack of power sources. The guitar , bass and vocal amps were already using a central battery source. There wasnt enough power for a keyboards. Pity.
The one which captured my gaze though, was Ai , the vocalist. She had this wool coat on and wore boots. Her face was pretty and mature. Her hair was long and straight. Her voice, heavenly.
After 3 songs, my cousin and i bought their CD.
Now you,re listening to my favourite song in there.
Ashita Iro in english, that means. Tomorrow Exists.