JAPAN'S MOLICE TO RELEASE TO 'CATALYSTROCK'

Molice formed in January 2007 when they began playing weekly jams at Tokyo bar Kokubunji Rubber Soul, and they immediately set about crafting both their sound and image with care. In May 2007, they self-produced their first recordings, releasing them as ‘Molice Demo’. Fast-forward to August, and Molice were on stage at Japan’s biggest music festival, Summer Sonic. In September they performed a solo show (which in Japan is considered a sign of great popularity) before starting work on a series of three new demo CDs, which they released over the remains of 2007 and into the summer of 2008.

In November 2008, they released their first commercial CD, Doctor Ray, followed by a year of headline shows around Tokyo’s club scene, in places such as Shibuya, Shinjuku and Akihabara. That autumn, the music video for their track ‘Headphone’ was playlisted for repeated broadcast on French TV station NOLIFE. The band rounded out 2009 with three shows in London, England, followed in May 2010 by a show in Vietnam, at Hanoi’s CAMA Festival. Whether at home or abroad, they inject their shows with raw power and energy.

Molice’s second album, Catalystrock, was released in Japan in March 2010, and quickly found a warm reception from critics: Molice were chosen by Time Out as one of five Japanese acts primed for success in 2010, and interviews with the band graced several national and local publications. The North American version of Catalystrock will be released from Good Charamel Records (www.goodcharamel.com) on August 31st, 2010 and it include bonus tracks of “Superstar” and “Monster” (Remix).

Molice will be performing at the AWA Convention (Anime Weekend Atlanta, http://www.awa-con.com/) on September 18th. AWA is a three-day Japanese Animation and comics convention held annually in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 1995, AWA has become one of the most popular Japanese Animation conventions in the United States.

The band has also contributed two tracks to Good Charamel’s I Love J-Rock compilation, where they appear alongside Shonen Knife, LAZYgunsBRISKY and DJ Sashimi. I Love J-Rock will be released August 31.

For more information, and to stream snippets of Catalystrock, please visit: http://www.goodcharamel.com/?select=artists&data=molice