Forrest Grenfell
For a consummate multi-hyphenate, Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter-rapper-comedian-YouTuber George Kusunoki Miller (Joji) has been relatively quiet these past two years. From the release of his September 2020 sophomore LP Nectar till today, he hadn’t dropped a single song. But now, he’s broken his musical silence, sharing a new track titled “Glimpse of Us” and its Dan Streit-directed video. Along with the song and short film, Miller has revealed 17 scheduled fall North American concert dates. The SMITHEREENS tour starts at Palo Alto’s Frost Amphitheater on September 1 and takes a winding route across the continent before finishing at the Coca-Cola Roxy in Atlanta on October 20.
“Glimpse of Us” is a quiet, pretty piano ballad that shows off Miller’s quivering counter-tenor and soaring falsetto. It’s a lovely tune that differs dramatically from Streit’s deeply disturbing visual treatment, which details a day in the life of a masked man in a derelict exurb as he fights, shoots automatic weapons, lights fireworks, urinates, and spirals. Watch it below and view Joji’s upcoming tour dates below.
SMITHEREENS tour
September 1 – Palo Alto, CA – Frost Amphitheater
September 3 – Las Vegas, NV – DAY N VEGAS
September 6 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater
September 7 – Vancouver, BC – Thunderbird Sports Centre
September 9 – Salt Lake City, UT – UCCU Center
September 10 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
September 13 – Dallas, TX – The Factory Deep Ellum
September 14 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
September 17 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
October 5 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
October 7 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
October 9 – Toronto, ON – History
October 11 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
October 15 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
October 18 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
October 20 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
