The Bad Spellers

The Bad Spellers are an indie-pop band from Tokyo, Japan consisting of Tony Parmenter (guitar, vocals) and Yasuko Ichinomiya (keyboards, vocals, toys).

Although officially forming in 2003, the duet spent the following 2 years in separate countries, only able to write music together via the internet and on occasional visits. Before "officially" uniting in mid 2005, the band had been featured on a European net-release and 2 compilation discs.

In 2004 The Bad Spellers traveled to Canada to collaborate/record with Justin Langlois of The London Apartments (Universal Records/Beggar's Banquet Records). These sessions were released in March, 2005 to national (USA/Canada) distribution on Florida's Post*Records as "Fall in Love," a split EP with The London Apartments). Tony and Yasuko have since returned to the US and Canada numerous times.

2007 saw the release of their first album, "Keep on Shining!", on Post*Records as well as the band's official legal marriage.

Their former official homepage, www.thebadspellers.com, was discontinued in 2008 for reasons unknown. Since then all news, music, concerts, and other pertinent information has been presented on the band's official Myspace page

Discography

• Keep on shining! - POST015, 2007 Post*Records.

Singles & EPs:

• Fall in love - The Bad Spellers / The London Apartments, POST001, 2005 Post*Records.

Compilations:

• EP Club#5 - 2004 Asaurus Records.
• For Whom the Casio Tolls - ASA034, 2004 Asaurus Records.
• Post*Records & Friends present OLE! - POST011, 2006 Post*Records.
• Stone Soup - NPP001, 2007 Post*Records / Nonsense Records / Pinky Ring Records
• GUTS - POST018/SBO003, 2008 Post*Records / Sleepy Bird Orphanage

Download-only:

• Girls Say Moshii net EP - RWB006, 2004 racewillbegin.com

External links

• The Bad Spellers' official homepage
• Post*Records
• Asaurus Records
• RaceWillBegin @ archive.org
• RWB006 @ archive.org

Sources

1. CD review on buzzgrinder.com
2. net-EP review on indiepop.it
3. CD review on "Turbulent Fever" (japanese)