Kero Kero Bonito - TOTEP (Cassette) klf Dominique Durand and Adam Schlesinger

Dominique Durand and Adam Schlesinger had already established themselves as familiar faces on the indie scene

“It took us 20 years to make another record that sounds like a band playing live

Despite having had the boxset treatment on its 20th birthday

streaming services and word of mouth

although she came out in my personal life a long time ago

Kero Kero Bonito - TOTEP (Cassette) klf Dominique Durand and Adam SchlesingerCassette EP Polyvinyl (2018) US TOTEP marks a pivot in Kero Kero Bonito's sound, all but abandoning their sunny, pop oriented sound for a decidedly grungier, guitar heavy style, full of crunching distortion and glitched out noise (Exclaim!)."