Spaceland Presents: At the Echo October 6th, 2006
Asobi Seksu (colloquial Japanese for "playful sex") released its  debut album in 2004 to significant critical acclaim, winning rave reviews  from the New York Times, Nylon, Under the Radar, YRB, and XLR8R, among  others; scoring a #1 video on mtvU's Dean's List with the song "Walk on the  Moon;" garnering a top ten spot on CMJ's radio charts; and becoming an  instant favorite in the NYC scene, playing packed shows at the Bowery,  Knitting Factory, and Mercury Lounge. Frontwoman Yuki's voice is more  assured than ever, swinging from a girlish falsetto to plaintive laments  and switching effortlessly between Japanese and English lyrics, all the  while anchored by the lush, turbulent guitar of James Hanna. Asobi Seksu  have always been masters at creating musical textures; gauzy, cloudy  dreamscapes for their slower songs and squalls of guitar and daisy-chained  effect pedals for their barnstormers.