Otoboke Beaver

Performed in Japan at the 350 capacity Kyoto Taku Taku, with photos of legendary guitarists on the walls, four-piece band Otoboke Beaver presented a great homecoming set to a captivated crowd and ended with three separate encores, for which the electric guitarist crowd surfed with seamless skill. Short sharp songs, with interspersed humour went down a treat with the crowd. It was interesting to see how punk was absorbed by a Japanese crowd compared to an English one. There were fewer mosh pits but arguably even more attention.