Kyoto, Japan's Otoboke Beaver came into the NPR Music office with string lights color coordinated to the members' floral print dresses, an edamame hair clip for our wall and a giant, inflatable beaver. In two-minute bursts of fast, furious and outrageously fun punk rock, the band's music is a gleeful exercise in absurdist evisceration — of Japanese societal norms, gender roles, annoying trolls and bad boyfriends. Every song smirks as it explodes. At the Tiny Desk, Otoboke Beaver speeds and screams through its catalog — Itekoma Hits, Super Champon and its singles compilation Okoshiyasu!! — with acrobatic speed and intensity. An unhinged delight.
SET LIST
- "Yakitori"
- "Don't Light My Fire"
- "S'il Vous Plait"
- "Pardon?"
- "Bakuro Book"
- "I Am Not Maternal"
- "I Checked Your Cellphone"
- "Akimahenka"
MUSICIANS
- Accorinrin: vocals
- Yoyoyoshie: guitar, vocals
- Hirochan: bass, vocals
- Kahokiss: drums, vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Lars Gotrich
- Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
- Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai
- Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Mitra I. Arthur
- Audio Engineer: Kwesi Lee
- Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
- Photographer: Michael Zamora
- Tiny Desk Team: Maia Stern, Hazel Cills
- Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
- Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
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