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Tenniscoats

Country: Japan

Tenniscoats is a Japanese duo formed by Saya and Takashi Ueno, who met as students at Meiji University. Their songs mix folk, psychedelia and loose improvisation, a sound Saya has called avant pops, and they often record and tour with a changing circle of guest musicians. Tenniscoats issued The Theme of Tenniscoats in 2000, followed by We Are Everyone (2004), Totemo Aimasho (2007), Tokinouta (2011) and Papa's Ear (2012). The duo made Two Sunsets (2009) with The Pastels for Domino, All Aboard! (2012) with drummer Ikuro Takahashi for Chapter Music and Yaki-Läki (2013) with Pastacas.