Japan’s BAND-MAID and Mexico’s The Warning have teamed up for cross-continental collab with their new tune “SHOW THEM.”
The upbeat exhausting rock tune sees BAND-MAID’s Saiki Atsumi and The Warning’s Daniela Villarreal buying and selling off on vocals and duetting the hovering choruses. BAND-MAID convey a power-pop sensibility that melds effectively with The Warning’s more durable edge, making for a seamless collab between the like-minded acts.
The collab happened after the 2 bands shared the invoice on the Aftershock Pageant again in 2022. Dany and her sisters/bandmates, drummer Paulina and bassist Alejandra, had been keen to fulfill BAND-AID that day, and the teams hit it off.
“Japanese rock and the rock you hear within the US and Mexico are the identical style however they sound utterly completely different,” Daniela mentioned in a joint interview with the bands by way of Billboard. “That’s the primary motive why I used to be drawn to BAND-MAID’s music. I additionally like the truth that they put a really excessive degree of approach into their music.”
Added Paulina on the collab: “[BAND-MAID drummer] Akane and I’ve completely completely different enjoying types, so there have been some phrases that had been exhausting for me however I actually loved training them. BAND-MAID helped us develop and I appreciated that.”
BAND-MAID guitarist Kanami created the unique demo for the monitor, with guitarist/singer Miku Kobato and The Warning being credited with the lyrics.
“We needed to enterprise out and make a tune that will convey out new elements of every band for this single, and that’s how “SHOW THEM” happened,” mentioned Kanami within the Billboard interview. “Everybody in The Warning made modifications to the demo I made. Then we made new strategies in response to that, and repeated the method time and again till the tune was completed.”
“SHOW THEM” was debuted by each bands again on June twelfth after they shared the stage to carry out the tune collectively on the EX Theater Roppongi in Tokyo, and The Warning additionally hit the studio to trace their components for the recording whereas they had been in Japan. The monitor might be included on BAND-MAID’s forthcoming album, Epic Narratives, out September twenty fifth.
In the meantime, The Warning have a handful of US headlining dates on the horizon in September and are slated to help Evanescence and Halestorm’s Fall 2024 Canadian co-headlining tour. The outing kicks off on October fifteenth in Vancouver, and you will get tickets right here.
Beneath you’ll be able to watch the music video for “SHOW THEM” and see the one art work.
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