Today Vancouver’s Kamikaze Nurse shares “Pet Meds” the third single from their sophomore album Stimuloso landing June 3 on Mint Records. “Pet Meds” was inspired by a wild road trip told to John by his friend Pete. Sonya and KC interpreted the story as their own kinky road trip as “Two Hot Rock Chicks Listening to Neu” looking for a good mechanic and getting caught in a psychosexual transmogrification along the way.
Today Kamikaze Nurse also announces a Western Canada/US tour beginning in Vancouver and ending at Calgary’s Sled Island Music & Arts Festival. Explore the dates below:
6/9 – Vancouver, BC – Red Gate (Album Release Show)
6/10 – Bellingham, WA – The Shakedown
6/11 – Seattle, WA – Victory Lounge
6/12 – Olympia, WA – Cryptatropa
6/13 – Portland, OR – The Fixin’ To
6/14 – Eugene, OR – Old Nick’s
6/15 – San Francisco, CA – The Knockout
6/18 – Los Angeles, CA – Baader House
6/19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Smell
6/20 – Reno, NV – The Holland Project
6/21 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
6/22 – Spokane, WA – Baby Bar
6/23 – Calgary, AB – Sled Island Festival
6/24 – Calgary, AB – Sled Island Festival (Mint Records Showcase)
6/25 – Calgary, AB – Sled Island Festival
About Kamikaze Nurse
Few bands torpedo the ears with as much intensity as Kamikaze Nurse. Since forming in 2018, the Vancouver quartet has captivated audiences with scorching music that’s been described as “ethereal skronk,” “Deleuzian rock,” and the “best of the ‘90s.” In 2019, they released their first full-length, Bucky Fleur, via Agony Klub. This spring, Kamikaze Nurse make their Mint Records debut with the focused and dynamic Stimuloso.
Combining the word “stimulus” and the Spanish suffix “-oso,” Stimuloso explores—and elicits—just that: a stimulated, excited feeling. Whereas Bucky Fleur engulfed listeners in swirling chaos, Stimuloso presents an evolution, taking risks in playful introspection and refined composition. The turbulent title track defines the album’s mood and message, that through the entanglement of love and hate, life and death, and starts and stops, a potent, vitalic charge arises.
Kamikaze Nurse’s evocative integration of melody and noise, along with their interests in film, literature, and history, creates a narrative world containing its internal logic. Pushing beyond genres and conventions, there isn’t a dull moment as Stimuloso propels listeners through a gamut of emotions ridged with dizzying highs.
