Tonight sees the summer finally make its appearance in the UK, the beer gardens are hammered and sunburnt torsos are on display across Manchester, but we’re foregoing the sunshine and are headed into the city’s Northern Quarter to catch Ogikubo Station on the latest stop on their debut UK tour, one that follows in the wake of the release of their recent single “Okinawan Love Songs” and last years full length “We Can Pretend Like“. Sadly Mike Park is not touring with the band due to health issues but the band has continued in his absence and are joined tonight by Don Blake, Fraser Murderburger and Tea Leaf to conplete an impressive and diverse line up that is gracing the dark, cramped and extremely sweaty live space in Gullivers. My expectations of Manchester being o...
