Lush briefly reunited in 2015 for a tour and to make the “Blindspot” EP (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kGLAivBQeSwYZfxt_F8EIDuWnU52S5xhE&si=ans0XTBM9T3HpCLJ) before calling it quits for good. A short documentary titled “A Far From Home Movie” about Lush was released this year and it’s currently available on CriterionChannel (http://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/lush-a-far-from-home-movie)
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Next we have “Coast is Clear” (https://youtu.be/jj7XxUmZzy0?si=5QedOH4hN1-jJsqP) / NO STROBE (https://youtu.be/iCmP5f48OeE?si=9nSAFWnJfBRzYqvS) from 1992’s “Pubic Fruit” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw1GeAARDUgUTtdoWzNkE-3NMGL1Z4bER&si=BG_0v4VqzhjGZ0nQ) by English duo Curve which features the writing and vocals of Toni Halliday. They were later joined by multi-instrumentalist Debbie Smith until their 2005 breakup.
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Asobi Seksu was led by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Yūki Chikudate. “Walk on the Moon” (https://youtu.be/pbyI3Z5Voms?si=BOS6P-OprmcsKu_V) / NO STROBE (https://youtu.be/aXrxPJ3v_oA?si=LxvDVgWXzNZptu9L) is from their 2002 self title album (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lZVzKmJb14vERvEic9R0QyOtVWPzagcsA&si=KNpJsyKWz0LO5mye) The band has been on an “indefinite hiatus” since 2013 and Chikudate has since focused on visual art instead.
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“Birthmark” (https://youtu.be/cR1aFiOuNY0?si=RQSbobVOUjSBhYD4) / NO STROBE (https://youtu.be/sOY842iLCLY?si=7-NujF1KtJcFt_0i) is from No Joy’s 2020 album “Motherhood” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m_8GtxD-gz3y7oEepSBFmixWX6LmORoCc&si=ygfxevICYB4Ls8I_) The band is primarily a project of Montreal-based artist and musician Jasamine White-Gluz. Her most recent work is 2025’s “Bugland” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nU_aKeUQSV9t_8qSd9PWQAsxmzd6UaQAo&si=F3awgjwVOkC9vibB)
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The oldest band (started in 1979!) on this playlist is Scottish band Cocteau Twins are known for the ethereal vocals of Liz Fraser “Iceblink Luck” (https://youtu.be/L_Tj4bJ0VFw?si=mxfEM58CJsnjNXNj) / NO STROBE (https://youtu.be/X9vhHFMgJLo?si=ZpUoKKNVsSXhgIO7) is from their highly influential 1990 album “Heaven or Las Vegas” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lxPYZGdCg185g6T9C1O--IoeLy1nvDT80&si=WEPuxEAufiMHwbgE). Their 1997 breakup coincided with the romantic breakup of Fraser and multi-instrumentalist & audio engineer Robin Guthrie. 
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This is “Everlastingly Yours” (https://youtu.be/fHThQtKdFIw?si=-LtyEo1ZmtIsqLN4) / NO STROBE (https://youtu.be/vDO1UDChJBw?si=56Lib1XZ5urhhuFy) from London-based shoegaze supergroup Piroshka’s album “Brickbat” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kbdEBAJDjvS4tubdmMRTVu9Zu4rOVWtAI&si=ziBAzF-6hoZSaFla). The band is comprised of Miki Berenyi of Lush, her husband KJ “Moose” Killop of Moose, Elastica’s Justin Welch and Mick Conroy from Modern English. This was Miki’s first foray back in to music after Lush’s 2015 reunion/farewell tour.
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James Bond and/or Sci-Fi fans might recognize Miki Berenyi due to her resemblance to her mother Yasuko Nagazumi who played a Bond Girl in “You Only Live Twice” (1967) and Yasko on “Space-1999”
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“Clusters” (https://youtu.be/jgbNTYFOGUA?si=Rr_kdvd-06gPbSJ1) / NO STROBE (https://youtu.be/J4UhDK-zhbA?si=MKFE8HHqGr83n4iB) is from former Lush singer-songwriter Emma Anderson’s 2023 debut album “Pearlies” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_knlLmr03WnqxXIodkiiYrrrGpoIwaQ8P0&si=a36K6xqpTWyfyllu) After Lush’s breakup she wrote songs and played as a hired gun for various bands while also working as commercial graphic designer.
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Due to a falling out between the 3 surviving members, no original member of Lush (Berenyi, Anderson and Bassist Phil King) has spoken to each other since the end of their 2015 reunion tour💔
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Tanukichan is the work of Queer Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist and UC-Berkley trained mathematician Hannah Junghwa van Loon. “City Bus” (https://youtu.be/_1X81xDEclo?si=-a0Z79EsIFo3f1ix) is from her 2024 EP “Circles” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k6l4yyN3SA0shs43rN7AuVXuvNkJj5SHc&si=pYCWjAJS0Kq_FxRZ) She’s currently working on non-musical artistic projects
#ILikeToWatch #WomensHistoryMonth #Tanukichan #HannahJungwaVanLoon