Kawaii is a norwegian indiepop boy/girl duo based in Trondheim/Bergen. Our sound is mostly pleasent and sweet, but not without substance. We worships vintage synths/drum-machines, boy/girl vocals, pretty harmonies, toys, disarming lyrics, xylofones, guitars..everything that comes in hand actually. The songs where recorded in the corner of a tiny kitchen, and turned out to be a rather pleasent semi-tweelectronic feast...homemade and sweet, but haunting and challenging as well.
Kawaii's (very well recieved) debut album "if it shines, we have it" was released by Shelflife, USA, november 2004. Mahogany did some creative treatments on half of the tracks. We are forever grateful. Feel free to lend it an ear....the songs on myspace are taken from this album.
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REVIEWS (quotes)
ALTERNATIVEMALTA: "Track after track of musical optimism. Go ahead and brighten your day."
BT: "Close to sensational. The most exciting norwegian debutants of the year. (in norwegian)
NOTODO: "Kawaii is one of the most outstanding bands at this present time, and their debut demonstrates this clearly." (in spanish)
DELUSION OF ADEQUACY: "Kawaii offers delightful indiepop. Highly recomended."
ERASING CLOUDS: "Wonderful pop melodies - A lovely album."
MIRA EL PENDULO: "wow, what an album! The Norwegians surprice us with, perhaps, the best album of the year." (in spanish)
SPLENDID EZINE: "Moments of absolute pop-bliss!"
VANITY PROJECT: "Kawaii make lo-fi electro pop with a shiny veneer for the IKEA-generation."
LE MANCHESTER: "Kawaii is my new norwegian favourite band." (in swedish)
BABES IN BOYLAND: "Nice fresh and springy tracks in the best pop tradition".
MUNDANE SOUNDS: "The overall sincerity factor of their music will win you over instantly."
THINK SMALL: "A nice mixture of homemade electro and fresh pop. I really like the album."
UNPOPULAR: "Aren't Kawaii swedish? it sounds like Sweden stole the blueprints to great pop. Why dont i live in sweden!? (a tiny nationallity-mixup here - we are from Norway - but we take it as an compliment, hehe).
