Fans of the Japanese three-piece band Boris will be pleased to find out that they are heading to the UK to play their album Pink in it’s entirety.
In December, the heavy metal rocker’s will be embarking upon a seven night tour around the British Isles to play their 2005 album which was named among 2006’s best album’s by Blender and SPIN magazines, along with Pitchfork’s top 10 albums of 2006.
Boris formed in 1992 and were originally a four-piece band, with Nagata on drums. Nagata departed in 1996 leaving Atsuo to take over drumming duties and it has remained a three-piece since. The band concentrate on metal music, yet don’t necessarily want to be ‘pigeon-holed’ into one genre and are open to pretty much anything that pleases them. “Having some kind of preconceived message or theme is very boring to me”, noted Atsuo, the band’s drummer. “It becomes a crutch. Just say what you want to say.” Boris’s music has been labeled as noise rock, drone, doom metal, psychedelic rock, dream pop, shoegaze, drone metal, ambient and J-pop.
The band is touring in support of the 10th anniversary Pink (Deluxe Edition). According to Sargent House, in 2006 Pink was Boris’ major breakthrough album that gained new fans outside of the underground metal community. The track “Farewell” was featured in Jim Jarmusch’s film The Limits of Control. The album landed on many “best of the year” lists from underground metal sites to mainstream rock magazines.
In the 24 years they’ve been together, the band have produced 23 studio albums, with Pink, Heavy Rocks and Smile being some of their most successful.
The band focuses a lot of their time on touring. in an interview, lead vocalist and drummer Atsuo said: “That we tour so much and release so many albums, I think it is representative of what we’re about. Direct communication is something we’ve lost in this day and age. It’s a shame – [even] interviews are over the phone. I think it’s important to see people face to face – that’s why it’s so important to go on tour. It’s something very basic to humans that we’ve lost lately.
The dates for Boris’ Pink tour are:
