Far East Monster Records, a new label within avex entertainment formed around alternative rock band BRATS and dedicated to taking awesome rock bands from Asia to the West, has announced Ambitious Girls Rock, an exciting series of online live events featuring female-vocal rock bands from across East Asia.
The first event in the series will be held on Sunday, January 10, 2021. The four-band lineup will include Rolling Quartz and VINCIT from South Korea, and Velvet Sighs and BRATS from Japan. The show will be broadcast online for free on Rolling Quartz’s official YouTube channel, as well as on South Korean music channel Rolling Star TV.
The broadcast will alternate between performances at live music venues in each respective country; in Tokyo, the show will be performed at TSUTAYA O-Crest in Shibuya.
The second Ambitious Girls Rock event is scheduled to take place in March 2021, featuring female bands from yet another East Asian country, Thailand. After that it will be held on a regular basis, featuring bands from countries across East Asia and aiming for the world.
Event details
Title: Ambitious Girls Rock 1 (Korea-Japan ONLINE)
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2021
Livestream start time: 13:00 JST
Featured bands:
<From South Korea>
Rolling Quartz: https://www.facebook.com/bandrollingquartz
VINCIT: https://www.facebook.com/VINCITOFFICIAL
<From Japan>
BRATS: http://brats-official.com/
Velvet Sighs: https://www.youtube.com/c/VelvetSighs
Livestream links:
Rolling Quartz official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ROLLINGQUARTZofficial
Rolling Star TV official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo_CS0TknDlW2_yJDOv1lgA
* Super Chat (voluntary donations) system available
BRATS live concert albums available as digital releases!
First release out now: ‘Karma THE LIVE (Live at TSUTAYA O-EAST 2020.09.13)’
Trailer: https://youtu.be/WU5P8gIAR-M
Second release available January 1, 2021, 00:00 JST: ‘Ambitious Girls (Live at #Chord 2020.11.08)’
* Look out for more live concert audio releases coming soon!
BRATS download and streaming links
https://avex.lnk.to/BRATS_PLAYLIST
Upcoming live schedule
Ambitious Girls Rock 1 – TSUTAYA O-Crest, Shibuya, Tokyo
January 10, 2021 (13:00 open/13:30 start)
Artists: BRATS, Velvet Sighs
Tickets: 3,800 yen plus drink ticket, available from eplus, Lawson Ticket
New album ‘Karma’ out now! (September 30, 2020 release)
The first eight tracks on the album are newly remastered versions of BRATS songs that were released each month for eight consecutive months since January 2020. The album also features live versions of several songs.
【Type A】 CD+DVD / Type A (AVCD-43031/B)
1. Forget me not
2. Toge
3. No more No more
4. Excuser
5. Fate
6. Ms. Downer
7. Jigyakusei Loop
8. Kimarigoto (-Version 2020-)
9. Lost Place (-Version 2020-)
10. Doudatte Yokatta (Live)
11. Kimarigoto (Live)
<Bonus DVD>
1. Forget me not (MV)
2. No more No more (Live)
3. Ms. Downer (Live)
4. Excuser (Live)
【Type B】 CD+DVD / Type B (AVCD-43032/B)
1. Forget me not
2. Toge
3. No more No more
4. Excuser
5. Fate
6. Ms. Downer
7. Jigyakusei Loop
8. Kimarigoto (-Version 2020-)
9. No more No more (Live)
10. Ms Downer (Live)
11. Excuser (Live)
<Bonus DVD>
1. No more No more (Music video)
2. Jigyakusei Loop (Music video)
3. Ms. Downer (Music video)
4. Toge (Music video)
【Type C】 CD+Band music score / Type C – Limited Edition (AVCD-43033)
(including guitar tab and bass tab)
1. Forget me not
2. Toge
3. No more No more
4. Excuser
5. Fate
6. Ms. Downer
7. Jigyakusei Loop
8. Kimarigoto (-Version 2020-)
* Includes specially made A4 sheet music booklet and CD
* The booklet includes sheet music for all eight songs on the album
【Type D】 CD+Band music score download URL /
Type D – Limited Edition
(including guitar tab and bass tab) (AVCD-43034)
1. Forget me not
2. Toge
3. No more No more
4. Excuser
5. Fate
6. Ms. Downer
7. Jigyakusei Loop
8. Kimarigoto (-Version 2020-)
* Includes alternate jacket
* Includes URL to digitally download sheet music for all eight songs on the album
【BRATS Profile】
BRATS website: http://brats-official.com/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/brats_official
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BratsJP/
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brats__official/
BRATS Official FanClub: Search for BRATS on the website ‘fanicon’ (https://fanicon.net)
Left: Aya Kuromiya (bass) DOB: November 28, 1998
Right: Rei Kuromiya (vocals) DOB: December 29, 2000
BRATS are an alternative rock band formed by charismatic guitar-thrashing teenager Rei Kuromiya, who began singing in 2011 at the age of 10 and launched the band with her sister Aya Kuromiya on bass. In 2017, six years after they formed, they refocused as a neo-grunge girls’ rock band, featuring heavy guitar riffs and deep vocals, and released their first single, ‘Aini Koiyo’ / ‘Nounai Shoukyo Game’.
The following year, in July 2018, they released their highly anticipated first album, ‘BRATS’. This was followed by an ever-growing number of live performances, with a particularly notable show at Daikanyama Unit in Tokyo in October 2018. In January 2019, BRATS played their first overseas performances, with two successful concerts in Seoul.
They performed headline shows in Tokyo each month from February to April 2019, all of which sold out. After appearing at two overseas festivals in Taiwan and South Korea that summer, in fall they undertook a headline tour in Japan’s Kansai region.
In January 2020, BRATS performed their first Western concert, with a successful show in Los Angeles. Taking a tireless approach to getting their music out to the world, they have released digital singles every month since January, and made each of them available globally. These songs were collected in remastered form on their major debut album ‘Karma’, released by avex imprint Far East Monster Records on September 30, 2020.
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