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Though they came up in the same scene that produced A.G. Cook, GFOTY, and Hannah Diamond, Kero Kero Bonitoâs hyperpop always had a more personal touch. On 2013âs
Intro Bonito and 2016âs
Bonito Generation, the London trio synthesised a nostalgic and unruly palette of influences ranging from J-pop to post-punk, creating a modern sound that paid tribute to the trioâs hometownsâthe London suburbs for producers Gus Lobban and Jamie Bulled, and Otaru, Japan, for vocalist Sarah Midori Perry. This implicit fondness for cycles of referenceâfor the way that culture compounds over time, accruing layers of influenceâmeant that KKB never affected the same tongue-in-cheek tone as their peers: For Lobban, Bulled, and Perry, music is an earnest way to celebrate and interrogate the idiosyncrasies of history.