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Photo credit: Bronte Godden

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Praise for PLEASURE BEAST

Rolling Stone Australia – “Beyond being providers of big party songs, Haiku Hands’ music has always carried a deeper meaning. Pleasure Beast proudly continues this tradition, positioning the album as a rebellion against the relentless hustle culture.”

The Big Issue – “Though early singles like ‘Nunchucka’ and ‘Ma Ruler’ suggest a continuation of the group’s established sound – with rattling synth-bass and playful, double-dutch vocal chants – the finished product largely subverts (and provocatively challenges) the trio’s sonic foundations.”

Clash Magazine – “The Australian dance-punks blend a deeply physical approach to music making with a real zest for life, their unkempt exuberance making them irresistible.”

BBC 6 Music – “It’s energetic, its joyous, its slightly crazy with a sort of eye wink and an arty grin, its Phoenix, its Fat Boy Slim, its The Chems, its Tegan and Sara and Gorillaz, that’s the vibe.”

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Today, Australian alt-dance trio Haiku Hands (Claire Nakazawa, Beatrice Lewis, and Mie Nakazawa) release their highly anticipated sophomore album Pleasure Beast via Spinning Top Records. The record is a sonic exploration of Haiku Hands’ minds, life experiences, energies, and beast modes… sometimes there is joy, and sometimes there is mayhem; sometimes four on the floor (recent single “Cool For You”), and sometimes a tropical island dream bath (today’s focus single “Paradise”). They are also currently in the US joining Big Freedia, closing out this year with a party. 

Of “Paradise,” which was written in quarantine with Caleb Nott (Broods) Bea Lewis says, “I wanted this song to feel like a 3 minute holiday into another dimension. What it would feel like taking mushrooms and laying on a beach watching the sun go down, feeling the sand underneath your feet and feeling like the sky and the sea in front of you never ends.” 

“I want pleasure on my French toast / I am here to be, to be sexy and free.” What other electro-pop-rap manifesto starts with a declaration for sexy bread? What other album is the sonic manifestation of reaching into a grab-bag and feeling a mixture of crumbled leaves, Lego, and Lucky Charms? What other album artwork marries the Korean symbolism of the Tree of Life with Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa basked in a glowstick sun? Welcome to Pleasure Beast: the incarnation of simple creatures with simple pleasures seeking peace in a world that wants to separate and divide. It’s the sound of umami at a rave. It’s the sweaty festival dancefloor as a public service. It’s the political act of writing and performing in the first place. It’s the forbidden bitter fruit that dares you to be human.

Haiku Hands’ new album follows the success of their 2020 self-titled debut, dubbed an “unapologetic blast of gleeful rebellion,” that received critical acclaim from the likes of NME, Rolling Stone, DIY and Paste. They’re currently in the US for a string of dates with Big Freedia hitting the East Coast, and will continue on to headline tours in the UK and Australia in early 2024, first igniting Brisbane’s The Zoo on February 15. The following day, the band will take their headline show to an undisclosed warehouse in Sydney’s inner-west suburb Marrickville on February 16. Finally, Haiku Hands will round out their electric world tour in Melbourne at Max Watts on February 22.

Haiku Hands have toured extensively through Australia, Europe, the UK & the US, including their most recent set at NYC’s Governor’s Ball, which landed them the cover of Sydney Morning Herald’s S Magazine. With their wild choreography and high-energy production, Haiku Hands are winning festival crowds over at Wide Awake, Splendour in the Grass, Sydney World Pride, and many others to come.

PLEASURE BEAST OUT NOW
BUY/STREAM HERE
WATCH “PARADISE” HERE

TOUR DATES BELOW

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TOUR DATES

AUSTRALIA

Friday, December 29 – Woodford Folk Festival, Moreton Bay Region, QLD
Sunday, December 31 – Lost Paradise Festival, Glenworth Valley, NSW
Thursday, February 15 – The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD
Friday, February 16 – Warehouse Show, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW
Thursday, February 22 – Max Watts, Melbourne, VIC

Tickets available here

UNITED KINGDOM

Wednesday, January 24 – Stereo, Glasgow, UK
Thursday, January 25 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
Friday, January 26 – Beta Room (Rock City Basement), Nottingham, UK
Saturday, January 27 – Canvas, Manchester, UK
Thursday, February 1 – Patterns, Brighton, UK
Friday, February 2 – Oslo Hackney, London, UK
Saturday, February 3 – Thekla, Bristol, UK

UNITED STATES

w/ Big Freedia

Wednesday, November 29 – The Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
Thursday, November 30 – Bijou Theatre, Knoxville, TN
Saturday, December 2 – Masquerade (Heaven), Atlanta, GC
Sunday, December 3 – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, Nashville, TN
Tuesday, December 5 – 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Wednesday, December 6 – Brooklyn Bowl Philly, Philadelphia, PA
Friday, December 8 – Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, December 9 – White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Monday, December 11 – Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

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PLEASURE BEAST
Track List

1. Pleasure
2. All Around The World 
3. Cool For You 
4. We’re Gonna Be The Greatest 
5. Paradise 
6. Elastic Love 
7. To The Left 
8. Geddit 
9. Grandma 
10. Feels So Good 
11. Chito 
12. I am Nothing
13. Ma Ruler
14. Nunchucka

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AMNPLIFY – DB