Folks (band)
| Folks | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Eniwa, Hokkaido |
| Genres | Indie rock,indie pop, shoegazing, electropop |
| Years active | 2012-present |
| Labels | Ki/oon Music |
| Associated acts | Galileo Galilei |
| Website | folks-eniwa |
| Members |
Fumito Iwai Kazumasa Noguchi Katsutoshi Iwai Masatsugu Takahashi Yoshitomo Kobayashi |
Folks (Japanese: フォークス Hepburn: Fōkusu, stylised as FOLKS) is a Japanese rock band that formed in 2012 in Eniwa, Hokkaido. It was formed after members Fumito Iwai and Kazumasa Noguchi left the band Galileo Galilei. The band self-released their first extended play, Take Off, in March 2013, and made their major label debut under Ki/oon Music in 2014 with the extended play Newtown.
The band consists of Fumito Iwai (岩井郁人) (vocals, guitar), his older brother Katsutoshi Iwai (岩井豪利) (guitar, vocals), Kazumasa Noguchi (野口一雅) (bass, chorus), Yoshitomo Kobayashi (小林禄与) (guitar, percussion, synthesisers, chorus) and Masatsugu Takahashi (高橋正嗣) (programming, synthesisers, chorus).
Folks evolved from an earlier band called Guild that formed in Eniwa, Hokkaido in 2007. From 2007 to 2008 the band was initially known as Apple Seed, a name they took from the Appleseed manga. The band was renamed The Guild in 2008, and simply as Guild from mid 2009. The band consisted of classmates Fumito Iwai (guitar, vocals and songwriter), Kazumasa Noguchi (bass), Fumiya Kamo (加茂史也) (drums), and later Yoshitomo Kobayashi was added as a guitarist in 2009.
The group performed at rock events in Sapporo from 2007 onwards, and self-produced an extended play, Shinzō (心臓, "Heart"), in August 2008, followed by a self-released single called "Tsubasa" (ツバサ, "Wings") in February 2009. The band entered the School of Lock! national teenage rock contest, Senkō Riot, in 2008, and performed at the round three Sapporo semi-finals. The band did not make it to the national finals, but met the semi-final winner, Galileo Galilei. Iwai wanted Guild to have a sound like Galileo Galilei, and began exchanging emails with the band. Galileo Galilei eventually won the grand prize at the national finals.
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