BO-PEEP

From the heart of Fukuoka’s underground scene come Bo-Peep, three girls representing a generation raised on ’90s grunge and making a startlingly hard sound.

Bo-Peep are a three-piece girl band (guitar, bass and drums) with no added nonsense, achieving the utmost simple chaos from their instruments, tough-brittle lyrics and cage-rattling vocals. Like the best of Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins’ music, at the core of that chaos lies pure harmony surrounding solid, catchy melodies – and in that blend comes their originality.

In 2008 Bo-Peep presented their second full-length album‘SICK ORANGE TELEVISION’, while the first album ‘Is It Good For You’ was released in the UK, the recordings capture the aura and power of their live performances, which see the band savage the stage like girls possessed, from Japan’s prestigious Fuji Rock festival all the way to Britain’s In The City, The Great Escape, London Calling festivals, and beyond.

What the UK press is saying:

“An unexpected highlight of The Great Escape.” – The Sun

“Dynamic, grunge-inflected rawk that hurts in the best way possible.” – Drowned In Sound

“Acts like Polysics and Bo-Peep aspire to an English sound, and are beginning to make headway in the UK.” – The Guardian

“Tokyo’s Bo-Peep offer a brutal take on the riot grrrl aesthetic, prowling the stage with menace.” – PlayLouder

“Bo-Peep have an affinity for British music, citing Led Zeppelin, The Stones, The Smiths and even Franz Ferdinand as influences. No wonder these girls are so bloody loud…” – Neo

“Don’t fall for their ‘butter wouldn’t melt’ looks. This is a very dynamic, furious and frantic Japanese trio… Their Ramones back-to-back-style delivery is giving us speedy three-minute slices of rock gold.” – MusicTowers.com

“Although the band make references to Western rock bands, Bo-Peep take in what they are inspired by and smash it out their own way.” – Jpop.com

“It’s hard to imagine the extent of this three-piece girl band’s dense, intense sound piercing the world as it does.” – Tower Records’ Bounce magazine, Japan

About Flightpath Records & Tours

Flightpath Records & Tours is a new label and agency with plenty of mileage.

Staffed by Japanese and Brits who have collective experience at major labels, music publishers, artist management, a tour agency and music publications on both sides of the world, the label takes a jet-setting approach to unique music with a pop heart.

The label aims to sign bands from all over the world, united by sound, not nationality. The bands will tour together and release in each others’ countries – hence the label’s fixation with all things mile-high.

Our roster currently includes Anglo-Japanese lightning-bolt duo Levelload and ferocious Tokyo grrrl-punk trio Bo-Peep. We will be announcing further artists shortly.

For more information, contact Yukio Kobayashi or Daniel Robson as above.