Tsushimamire, Monte, Dwight Smith

original post: All Ages / $5-$10 Sliding Scale Although tsushimamire sounds like a Japanese word, it is not. It is a combination of Tsushima (the family name of bassist Yayoi) with “Ma” (from guitarist/vocalist Mari) and “Mi” (from drummer Mizue). In addition, mamire means “mixed up” in Japanese: thus the effect is that of “Tsushima (Yayoi), Mari and Mizue all mixed together.” Some of their most powerful songs address death and its inevitability. In Na-mellow (Nameru), the singer plays the role of the young daughter of a fisherman, who gradually realizes her father will never return from a fishing voyage. In Manhole, the singer speculates about where manholes in the street might lead to, perhaps to the land of the dead. TSMMR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603FkEnMBOw We Are the Asteroid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1jZJpo4HQU Monte : http://www.punctumrecords.com/monte/ Dwight Smith : http://dwightsmith.us/