Sasami at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (02 Apr 2022)
Sasami Setlist
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I don’t know why I’m surprised, as we previously noted, “her performance has drastically changed from a calm typical band to a dangerous rock band.” Now, in 2022, she’s gone from dangerous rock band to a heavy metal ghost band.
Opening the show was New York’s Jigsaw Youth. I believe they got their name from a Bikini Kill song, which sets the tone of their music: they’re a bit DIY, a bit punk, and sludgy.
The trio, featuring lead singer and bassist Maria Alvarez, guitarist and bad storyteller Nastacha Beck, and drummer Alex Dmytrow, were excited to play and tour across the country… especially being in lock down for the past couple of years.
Songs on their set includes “Crash and Burn” and “Attacks”. When they have to tune their guitars for song changes, their drummer played an impromptu intermission drumming solo.
Sasami came on stage slightly later than advertised. She’s dressed up in this outfit, and her live band is Vermont’s metal band Barishi.
With the release of her new album Squeeze, Sasami teamed up with Rin Kim and Andrew Thomas Huang (a Chinese-American visual artist who worked with Björk and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke)… so the visuals and direction all tells the story of Squeeze.
Songs on her set includes many songs from Squeeze, including “The Greatest”, “Need It to Work”, and “Skin a Rat” (basically the first half of her set).
Sasami’s Squeeze is out now on Domino Records.
Tour dates:
4/5 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
4/7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
4/8 – Boise, ID @ The Shredder
4/9 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
4/10 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
4/12 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
4/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
4/21 – Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory *
4/22 – Leeds, UK @ University Union Refectory *
4/23 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom *
4/25 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street *
4/26 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy *
4/28 – London, UK @ The Roundhouse *
4/29 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton *
4/30 – Brussels, BE @ Les Nuits Botanique Festival *
5/2 – Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix *
5/3 – Paris, FR @ L’Olympia *
5/4 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso *
5/6 – Zurich, CH @ Kaufleuten *
5/7 – Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks *
5/9 – Berlin, DE @ Metropol *
5/10 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega *
5/11 – Stockholm, SE @ Fallan
5/12 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene *
5/14 – Hamburg, DE @ Fabrik *
5/15 – Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria *
5/17 – Vienna, AT @ WUK *
5/18 – Prague, CZ @ Archa Theatre *
5/19 – Munich, DE @ Strom *
^ w/ Japanese Breakfast
* w/ Mitski
