Osaka, Japan-based leftfield/alternative band TAMIW today release their new album Farewell Party, out now via Niwer Records.
To celebrate the album release, the band have revealed an official music video for new single ‘Anthem of Sutra’—a hypnotic, maximalist track built around a pulsating, distorted bassline, virtuoso guitar work, and gospel backing vocals.
Commenting on the track, front woman TamiKeem says: “I wanted to create a song that would be more explosive in live performances. The result was this song, which was closest to my ideal. Please feel the burning love. The song speaks of the need for love at the root of everything.”
The band will play two free entry Japanese shows (with every CD/LP purchase), and plans are in motion for UK tour dates TBA later this year.
With TAMIW, each member brings something distinct to the table: Tami’s emotive songwriting and genre-blending instincts, BON-SAN’s rhythmic hip-hop sensibilities and contemplative presence (inspired, perhaps, by his day job as a monk conducting animal funerals), guitarist Sho’s raw rock energy, and Taichi’s lush pop and ambient layers. The result is music that walks the edge of contradiction—cold and warm, distorted and precise, chaotic and calm.
‘Anthem of Sutra’ follows on from previous singles ‘We Are Not Friends’ and ‘A.H.O’ which received airplay from BBC 6music’s New Music Fix Daily with Deb Grant and Tom Ravenscroft, Don Letts, Cerys Matthews and more. 2024 AA-side album tracks ‘Deep ‘n’ Shallow’/’Overcome’ and early 2025 follow up single ‘Pay Me Back!!’, which picked up a swathe of buzzy blog coverage and early UK radio support from BBC 6music’s Cerys Matthews.
Their new album Farewell Party is an emotionally raw yet hopeful body of work, born from personal upheaval and artistic rebirth. In the wake of their 2023 album Fight for Innocence, the band experienced a wave of losses: a founding member left, their manager disappeared without warning, and for the first time in her life, Tami found herself unable to create.
The silence was painful—and long. But it was broken by the creation of ‘Overcome’, a track that slowly pulled her back to life. That moment became the heartbeat of Farewell Party, an album that redefines “farewell” not as an ending, but as a necessary release—a celebration of resilience and possibility.
Across the album, themes of communication and emotional complexity are central. “Music lets me say things I can’t express in words,” Tami explains. That idea is felt especially in the AA-side tracks ‘Deep ‘n’ Shallow’ and ‘Overcome’, which are polar in tone but united in purpose—expressing the despair and eventual healing that brought TAMIW back to life.
With Farewell Party, TAMIW step into a new chapter, expanding their sonic palette and leaning further into the emotional extremes that define their music. It’s a record that acknowledges pain but embraces joy, fueled by deep collaboration, a love for experimentation, and a studio that truly feels like home.
UK live dates TBA.
TAMIW’s new album Farewell Party is released 14th May 2025 via Niwer Records
Live Dates:
15th June – FS.Shibuya, Tokyo JAPAN (free entry with CD or LP purchase)
29th June – hidden place, Osaka JAPAN (free entry with CD or LP purchase)
TAMIW are:
TamiKeem (Vocals, Vn., Ondomo, Looper, Syn)
Sho Kawabe (Guitar, Cho, Manipulator)
BON-SAN (Drums, Sampling, beat-making)
Taichi Yoshimura (Bass)
TAMIW online:
https://linktr.ee/tamiw_band
https://tamiw.net/
https://www.instagram.com/tamiw_band/
https://x.com/tamiw_official
https://www.tiktok.com/@tamiw_official
https://www.youtube.com/TAMIWOFFICIAL
