YAEKA

It's been a long time since we didn't see our good friend Yoshi. So, when some kids in town decided to organise a show for his band, THIS TIME WE WILL NOT PROMISE AND FORGIVE, we were really excited. We wanted to let younger people organise the show and help just a little bit, with the flyer, or with the food and sleeping. That was a good collaboration.

That was awesome to see Yoshi again and see also the other members of the band. As soon as they arrived in Kitakyushu, they made a brief stop at home. We talked and drank, like i was expected. Then it was time to go to the venue for the show. There were lot of distros, lot of food, lof of people showed up too, that was great.

SLYDING MAN played first, fast, tight. That was cool, as usual. I talked many times about this band so i won't repeat myself.

SNAREKILLS from Fukuoka then played. Faster and tighter. That was a great show again from them. Right after that, a new local band, DENOMI, played. They are better and better, although i can't compare this band to anything. They have many influences, from the local scene first, but also from the japanese emo scene as well. I feel that their sound is more and more their own. I hear some JAWBREAKER and even some LEATHERFACE in their new songs, which is great.

Then it was THIS TIME WE WILL NOT PROMISE AND FORGIVE, and their show was excellent! Well there is a big evolution since the beginning of the band, but it is good. That night they didn't play too many new songs. Lot of songs from the 7" and the first CD, so that made a great atmosphere, everybody could sing with the band. They had a new song, that is going to be released soon on a CD EP, that totally blew me away! With a long instrumentl part at the end. They were really amazing live, totally over the top, unstoppable!

I feel good to see a good emo hardcore punk band these days. It is rare, let's face it, as most of the so-called emo band are just nu-metal band or post-rock shit...A simple emo punk band, that cares about writing good songs, who cares about DIY movement, that's what come to my mind when i think about this band. Holy shit that feels good! Thanks so much my friends!

After the show, there were a traditionnal uchiyage, where we went to a restaurant to eat, drink and talk, that was kind of fun. Then we went back home. Some people insisted to come with us in our house, although it was almost 4:00am. I didn't get the point, so i just went to bed and let people talk in our living room.

When i woke up the next morning, we started to worry a little bit, as a typhoon was coming. So the band decided to leave for Tokyo that night. So we tried to enjoy as much as we could. First by eating an amazing lunch at home (thank you Satomi!), and then by going in town with some friends. That's funny because we did a lot of oldschool places, like an old bread shop (the oldest and best in town), an old coffee shop, etc...It seems Yoshi really wanted to see that kind of places, and i am all into it! That was great. We had lot of fun, and so we hit the Tenpura restaurant to have a last dinner together. Ridiculously cheap, this Tenpura restaurant is my favourite in town. The staff is nice and the food is just out of this world! Those who came to visit us know what i'm talking about.

After a little coffee at home and lot of presents exchanged, it was time for our Tokyo friends to go back their city. That's incredible that they did more than 1000 km just for one show! That's commitment! No need to say i was happy to see my friend Yoshi. He's the best and he knows it. It was also great to have more time to talk with the other members of the band. Well they are all kind of shy and quiet, but they are really nice. Good people, good band ! That was a pleasure to have them at home.

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