New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Fresh after receiving its first spin from long-term supporter Marc Riley as part of their BBC 6music live session earlier this week, Chester-based three piece indie-pop band Peaness are delighted to reveal the video for their new single 'Kaizen' which is out now on 7" vinyl and all good digital service providers, accompanied by previously-released b-side 'Breakfast'.
The news comes ahead of the band's forthcoming January/February 2020 headline tour dates, a March performance at Ritual Union festival in Bristol, and their biggest ever UK headline date at The Lexington, London on 6th May 2020, setting them up for their busiest and most ambitious year to date.
'Kaizen' comes with a relentlessly upbeat video—a lighthearted dose of typical Pea-positivity that contains mountains of Japanese pop-culture references taken from video gaming and movie culture, and belies the deeper meaning of the track, as guitarist Jess explains: "The ideas for Kaizen came from a combination of feeling confused and scared about the future of the planet (because let's be honest, it's not great) and our love for Japanese culture.
"It's a song to remind myself that with every act of kindness and every crime, we affect the future, and that those choices go on to shape others, and our beautiful planet, long after we're gone. The word 'Kaizen' is a Japanese word that literally translates to 'change for the good', and that's what we're hoping for."
'Kaizen' is the band's first new material since their 2017 EP, Are You Sure?, on Alcopop! Records and marks the start of a concerted effort from the three piece to double-down on their early success.
After a rapturous reception for their early work from 'introducing' gurus, music press, and national radio, the trio are now looking to step things up a gear for 2020, and have recently been bunkered down in the recording studio working on a substantial body of new music, with further details to be revealed over the coming months.
'Kaizen/Breakfast' 7" single is out now.
PEANESS 2020 Live Dates:
27.01.20 - Leicester - Firebug
28.01.20 - Birmingham - The Hare and Hounds
29.01.20 - Guildford - The Boileroom
30.01.20 - Brighton - The
Prince Albert
31.01.20 - Southampton - Heartbreakers
01.02.20 - Oxford - The Wheatsheaf
07.02.20 - Manchester - Soup Kitchen
08.02.20 - Leeds - The Lending Room
28.03.20 - Bristol - Ritual Union (w/ Marika Hackman + more)
06.05.20 - London - The Lexington
Tickets on sale now at https://www.seetickets.co.uk
Peaness online:
https://peanessband.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/peanessband
https://twitter.com/PeanessBand
https://peanessband.bandcamp.com/
Peaness are:
Jessica Branney - bass + vocals
Rachel Williams - drums
Carleia Balbenta - guitar + vocals
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Formed late 2014 in Chester university digs, Peaness write hook-saturated, fuzzy, harmony-driven indie-pop songs about love, friendship, and mid-twenties frustrations. The trio have been playing together since summer 2015, and their fun, friendship-fuelled live performances have been winning the hearts and minds of people up and down the country ever since.
They have toured extensively, securing nationwide and international shows with The Beths, Kero Kero Bonito, The Cribs, We Are Scientists, She Drew The Gun, The Big Moon, and
Dream Wife, performing at festival-circuit favourites Green Man, Benicassim, TRUCK, The Great Escape, 2000 Trees, Kendal
Calling & Indietracks to name but a few.
The band have strong roots in the UK's burgeoning DIY scene, self-releasing their first EP No Fun, and subsequently releasing their critically acclaimed EP Are You Sure? with UK independent label royalty Alcopop! Records.
Their releases to date have received backing from right across the spectrum at UK radio and press, including a live BBC 6music session with Marc Riley, multiple plays on BBC
Radio 1 and BBC 6music, and have become firm favourites on their local BBC Introducing stations BBC
Radio Wales and BBC Merseyside.
The band have also received support from
Radio X, including a live session with new music guru John Kennedy, as well as a multitude of press coverage from Kerrang! Magazine, Rolling Stone,
Total Guitar, DORK, UPSET, CLASH, The Skinny, The 405, Tom Tom, Gold Flake Paint, Drowned in Sound and The Metro.
