Tokyo Rose have returned with the new song “Something Sweeter.”
Eighteen months ago, Tokyo Rose was a distant memory and a chapter of life that seemed sealed in wax. Yet after a call from an old school scene stalwart, the boys agreed to lace up their chucks and play a sold-out reunion show at a legendary NJ establishment. One show turned into 3 or 4. That weekend turned into over 20 shows across the country with old friends and tour mates from a lifetime ago. Almost immediately after that first weekend though, a spark had been reignited or perhaps had been fed just enough oxygen to be fanned into flame, reminding the boys just how much fun it had been to play and spend time together. The flame caught and melted the seal off the previously bound chapter, unearthing unfinished blueprints and schematics and the desire to make something new together. Fast-forwarding to present day finds Tokyo Rose partnering with Manic Kat Records, Fred Mascherino and Steve Angelo at Diver Down Studios to bring you a new chapter that seems to be writing itself. “Something Sweeter” - the first single from our forthcoming EP entitled “Phoenician Fire” on Manic Kat Records - is the first new music from Tokyo Rose in almost 20 years. Featuring a reassembled line-up, including Shawn Fichtner on drums, Matt Fleischman on lead guitar, Chris Poulsen on bass, and Ryan Dominguez on vocals and guitar, this is Tokyo Rose at its peak: seasoned, weathered, distilled to its simplest and most powerful state sonically, lyrically, and artistically. The result is like espresso for your ears, activated charcoal for your skin, and solar powered heartbreak for your soul. In the words of Matt Cutshall, emo is, in fact, not dead, but dare we say resurrected in this new Tokyo Rose music. – Ryan Dominguez