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█ PRESENTS: ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄
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█ ARTiST : Tober █
█ ALBUM : Harajuku No Emo Ko █
█ LABEL : Dork Rock Records █
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▄ ENCODER : Lame 3.90.3 / APS ▄
█ STREET : Aug-24-2004 █
█ RELEASE : Jul-19-2004 █
█ GENRE : Indie █
█ QUALiTY : VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo █
█ SOURCE : CDDA █
█ TYPE : EP █
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▄ + TRACK LiSTiNG + ▄
█ [#] [Track Name] [time] █
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█ 01. lunchbox 03:12 █
█ 02. the benefits of a liberal arts education 02:08 █
█ 03. captain america and his sidekick zero 03:40 █
█ 04. my inability to talk to girls 03:48 █
█ 05. dear miss laura, love jimmy 03:59 █
█ 06. gravity 03:30 █
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▄ + RELEASE iNFORMATiON + ▄
█ █
█ TOBER's debut E P harajuku no emo ko (which is a reference █
█ to the emo girls of Tokyo's fashion district who inspired █
█ the record) is a catchy and quirky collection of indie-rock █
█ and power-pop songs. The band mixes guitars, bass, drums, █
█ and vintage synths with a hint of mathrock angularity and █
█ witty lyrics that play with pop culture, social hang-ups, █
█ and girls. Recorded in Massachusetts, New York City, and █
█ Tokyo, Japan, the CD will be released on Dork Rock Records █
█ on August 24, 2004. █
█ █
█ ôSmartö is a word that comes up a lot when describing █
█ TOBER's music. Adam Tober (guitar / voice / synths), Pete █
█ Robbins (bass), and Nate Fredette (drums) hold five degrees █
█ between the three of them, yet still have trouble, on █
█ occasion, finding their pants in the morning. The band is █
█ not afraid to ack now ledge their snobby educational █
█ backgrounds (which include majors in classical composition, █
█ Greek and Latin) or their penchant for a little prog rock in █
█ their younger days. The guys are nerds and proud of it. █
█ █
█ Fortunately, when it comes to songs, Adam Tober (the band's █
█ main writer) knows how to use his smarts in a way that █
█ results in fun, accessible, endearing material sung by a █
█ narrator who knows how to laugh at himself. His sense of █
█ humor rings loud and clear in songs like ôMy Inability to █
█ Talk to Girlsö, ôThe Benefits of a Liberal Arts Educationö █
█ and in the first single ôLunchboxö, where Tober sings ôI █
█ don't want to be the man on your lunchbox. I just want to be █
█ the straw in your juice box.ö █
█ █
█ ôI'm fascinated with pop culture and nostalgia,ö Tober says, █
█ ôAlong with everybody's favorite emo themes of █
█ boy-meets-girl/girl-makes-out with-boy's-roommate, we █
█ reference the stuff we know and love: TV shows, æ80s movies, █
█ kids with A.D.D., grade school crushes, æMembers Only' █
█ jackets û all fair game.ö █
█ █
█ The band mates have been playing together since their high █
█ school days in Andover, MA and joined up again in 2002 in █
█ New York City, where they are now based. While bassist █
█ Robbins spent some time in NYC releasing a jazz record as an █
█ alto saxophonist on Telepathy Records, Tober spent a year █
█ living in Tokyo which he says highly influenced the notebook █
█ full of songs and laptop full of demos he brought back to █
█ the states for TOBER. █
█ █
█ All the songs on harajuku no emo ko were written in Tokyo █
█ and some tracks were recorded there as well. The artwork for █
█ the record was created by a friend, Hal Ikeda, one of █
█ Tokyo's rising stars of the indie comic book world, and a █
█ very in-demand illustrator. █
█ █
█ TOBER is currently gearing up for summer and fall touring in █
█ support of the new CD. █
█ █
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+[ There's nothing more fun than ignoring the rest of the world ]+