"Our music is inspired by fun," says JPNSGRLS drummer Graham Serl. "We have such a good time playing our songs loud and fast. We get sweaty and get people dancing."
Singer Charlie Kerr nods in agreement and adds, "That's pretty much the modus operandi of what we've been doing since we were 17: what can we do that will get people excited?"
JPNSGRLS — pronounced "Japanese Girls" — formed in Vancouver in 2010 with a lineup that includes Serl, Kerr, guitarist Oliver Mann and bassist Chris McClelland. Their name was inspired by the female Japanese rock band Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, and they made their debut with The Sharkweek EP in 2013 on Light Organ Records.
For their brand new debut LP, Circulation, due in the summer of 2014 also on Light Organ, the outfit hunkered down in Vancouver's Greenhouse Studios with producer Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat, Mounties). The twelve songs were tracked in just seven days and mix straight-out-of-the-garage noisiness with earworm hooks and genre-jumping eclecticism. Circulation, mastered by world-renowned engineer Greg Calbi (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT), along with their whirlwind live show honed on support tours for July Talk & Mounties, presents JPNSGRLS as a force to be reckoned with.
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