Kishi Bashi plays a new song called "Summer Of '42" live in concert in front of a sold-out crowd at August Hall in San Francisco, California on June 12, 2019. Summer Of '42 is about a couple falling in love in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. It was released in March 2019 as the lead single from Kishi Bashi's fourth studio album, Omoiyari, which came out on May 31, 2019 on Joyful Noise Recordings. Joining him onstage were Nick Ogawa (cello), Kathryn Koch (violin), Pip the Pansy (flute and keyboards), Mike Savino (bass), Dave Kirslis (guitar), and Ryan Oslance (drums).

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Omoiyari Live Tour Dates (2019):

June 8 - Athens, CA @ Georgia Theatre
June 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Masonic Lodge
June 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Masonic Lodge
June 12 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
June 14 - Portland, OR @ The Old Church Concert Hall
June 16 - Seattle, WA @ Washington Hall
June 18 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
June 19 - Brooklyn NY @ Murmrr
June 20 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Sept. 26 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Sept. 27 - New Orleans, LA @ Republic NOLA
Sept. 28 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk Austin
Sept. 29 - Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater
Sept. 30 - Dallas, TX @ Trees
Oct. 2 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Oct. 3 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall
Oct. 5 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Imperial Vancouver
Oct. 6 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
Oct. 7 - Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Oct. 8 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Oct. 10 - Eugene, OR @ Wow Hall
Oct. 11 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
Oct. 12 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brew
Oct. 13 - San Diego, CA @ Music Box
Oct. 14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater
Oct. 24 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
Oct. 25 - Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
Oct. 26 - St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
Oct. 27 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Oct. 28 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Oct. 29 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
Oct. 30 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
Nov. 1 - Norwalk, CT @ Wall Street Theater
Nov. 2 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Nov. 3 - Boston, MA @ Royale
Nov. 4 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Nov. 6 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
Nov. 7 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
Nov. 8 - Washington DC @ Lincoln Theatre
Nov. 9 - Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson, Theater

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Summer Of '42 lyrics:

What are the things you wanted?
The same as anyone?
Just a hand to hold a little
After all is said and done
And the days were long and open
'Cause I had a view of you
The Summer of '42
When I was in love with you

We counted stars above us
We dreamed of Xanadu
We'd sneak off to the desert
The sand over your fancy shoes
The first day that I met you
I wrote down in my book

I am in love with you
I am in love with you
You
I am in love with you
You
I am in love with you
I'm in love with you

The days have gone asunder
The chaos of the war
Made men of everybody
But our memories I adore
We named our favorite sunset
But I remember very few
The summer of '42
When I was in love with you

But years have turned to ages
And I know you've someone new
I looked for you with every breath
A soldier wracked with solitude
I climbed to the highest mountain
And I shouted to our view

I was in love with you
I was in love with you
You
I was in love with you
In love with you

Written by Kaoru Ishibashi

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Kishi Bashi official bio:

Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi. Born in Seattle, Washington, Ishibashi grew up in Norfolk, Virginia where both of his parents were professors at Old Dominion University. As a 1994 graduate of Matthew Fontaine Maury High School, he went on to study film scoring at Berklee College of Music before becoming a renowned violinist. Ishibashi has recorded and toured internationally as a violinist with diverse artists such as Regina Spektor, Sondre Lerche, and most recently, the Athens, Georgia-based indie rock band, of Montreal. He remains based in Athens.

Kishi Bashi is also the singer and founding member of the New York electronic rock outfit, Jupiter One. In 2011, he started to record and perform as a solo artist, opening for Sondre Lerche, Alexi Murdoch, and of Montreal. He supported of Montreal on their spring 2012 tour.

Shortly after Ishibashi debuted his full-length solo album "151a" on Indianapolis label Joyful Noise Recordings, NPR All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen listed Kishi Bashi as his favorite new artist of 2012 noting that he created "a radiant, uplifting soundscape" with songs such as "Bright Whites."

In 2014 Kishi Bashi released his own line of coffee through Jittery Joe's called Royal Daark Blend. 2016 saw Kishi Bashi release his album "Sonderlust" live on NPR's All Songs Considered. His latest album Omoiyari was released May 31, 2019.