The Montreal-based seven-piece Japanese psych-punk-rock band TEKE::TEKE have returned with Barbara, their brand new high energy single & lyric video. Taken from their upcoming debut LP Shirushi, that will be released on May 7th via Kill Rock Stars, the single is accompanied by the video for “Barbara” that was animated by the group’s guitarist Serge Nakauchi-Pelletier and vocalist and visual artist Maya Kuroki. “The initial inspiration for this song is a true story that happened to me. I was randomly mistaken for an old lady by this stranger on the street who came up to me screaming Barbara? Barbara?! It’s you?! Barbara?! Maya [TEKE::TEKE’s vocalist] then had the idea of taking the story to another level by turning it into this psychedelic tale of ‘Yokai’ (‘ghost’ or ‘spirit’) that esca...