Montreal-based Japanese psych-rock band TEKE::TEKE have released “Doppelganger,” the latest single from their upcoming second album, Hagata, out 9th June via Kill Rock Stars. Gracefully toeing the line between tense post hardcore and sentimental balladry, the track speaks of the duality in day to day immigrant life: “Being of mixed Japanese and French-Canadian culture, I always feel like in some way I’m living two parallel lives…a big part of me is here in Canada, obviously, but another part of me is on the other side of the planet … this could be said about most of us in this band” says guitarist and primary composer Sei Nakauchi Pelletier. These themes of distance and connection are musically mirrored by a gorgeous instrumental. Though foregrounding the inspiration of melancholy 70s Japanese pop ballads, the band heightens the sentimentality with intruding sixteenth-note guitar and bass instrumental passages reminiscent of late Fugazi. In typical TEKE::TEKE style, the track is a unique international milieu. The song is accompanied by a music video created by Pelletier alongside vocalist Maya Kuroki.

TEKE::TEKE Live Dates:
Sept 2 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Fest
Sept 3 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Fest
Sep 5 – Southampton Heartbreakers – Tickets
Sep 6 – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach – Tickets
Sep 7 – Bristol Crofters Rights – Tickets
Sep 8 – London Moth Club
Sep 9 – Brighton Psych de Soleil