Japanese Television has been played on NTS shows including Hot Mess, with Surfing Saucers first played on 12 October 2019.

There’s a lot of boring bands out there, people are used to going out and seeing a mediocre three or four-piece pub rock band, and I think it’s quite refreshing to see a band doing something a little bit more out the box – although it’s not really out of the box at all.”

Alex Lawton, bassist for cult spacey surf-psych rock band Japanese Television, is musing on the appeal of his latest instrumental-only band.

The four-piece, known for their nostalgic 70s-sounding anthems, some redolent of TV…