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Tacocat is a surf pop quartet from Seattle, Washington founded in 2007 consisting of Emily Nokes, Bree McKenna, Lelah Maupin, and Eric Randall.〔http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/four-takes-on-tacocats-nvm/Content?oid=19138205〕 Tacocat gained popularity in 2014 following the release of their second album ''NVM'', engineered by Conrad Uno. The album received many positive reviews in the music press including Pitchfork,〔http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19049-tacocat-nvm/〕 AllMusic〔http://www.allmusic.com/album/nvm-mw0002605410〕 and PopMatters.〔http://www.popmatters.com/review/178778-tacocat-nvm/〕〔http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/13916-tacocat-nvm.php〕 It also reached the CMJ top 10 college radio albums. The band toured the USA and Europe in support of their album NVM.〔http://www.imposemagazine.com/photos/tacocat-march-tour-photos#1〕 Tacocat humorously address feminist themes in many of their songs. For example the song ''Hey Girl'' uses sarcasm to mock street harassment and the song ''This is Anarchy'' mocks the politics of the "white male" anarchist. The song ''Crimson Wave'' is a period-positive beach anthem featuring red imagery and humorous menstruation metaphors. The music video for ''Crimson Wave''〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFH1BBdxGjw〕 gained over 10,000 views in a single week on YouTube.〔http://noisey.vice.com/blog/tacocat-crimson-wave-video-premiere1〕 The band also jokes about other themes, like experiencing seasonal affective disorder in Seattle on ''Bridge to Hawaii'', and waiting for a late bus on ''FU #8''.〔 ==History== Drummer Lelah Maupin and guitarist Eric Randall first met in Longview, Washington while working together at a Safeway grocery store.〔https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/tacocat/id287701058#fullText〕 Randall met bassist Bree McKenna while his band was practicing in the basement of the punk house she lived in. Lelah Maupin met Emily Nokes in a graphic design class. The four bonded over their mutual affection for 1990s music, the Riot grrrl movement, and Kevin Costner's Waterworld and started making music together, performing at small shows and releasing singles.〔http://www.hardlyart.com/tacocat.html〕〔http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/sexist-queers/Content?oid=8743257〕 They released their debut album Shame Spiral in 2010 followed by the Woman's Day EP in 2011. In 2011 they signed with Hardly Art, a Subpop imprint and released their second EP, Take Me to Your Dealer. Bree McKenna admitted to being the illegitimate child of Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine .〔http://www.vice.com/read/your-favorite-band-dave-mustaine〕 The band became involved in a controversy with pop singer Katy Perry when her Super Bowl half-time show featuring backup dancers dressed as sharks proved to be strikingly similar to the shark costumes worn in Tacocat's "Crimson Wave" music video. 〔http://www.mtv.com/news/2071784/katy-perry-sharks-tacocat/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tacocat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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