John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Omar Rodríguez-López of Mars Volta, and Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes Team Up for New Band, Kimono Kult – Will Release New Album, “Hiding In The Light”

Wednesday, January 15th, 2014

Kimono Kult, featuring Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Teri Gender Bender, and John Frusciante

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has formed a new band, Kimono Kult, alongside Omar Rodríguez-López, former guitarist of At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta, and currently of Bosnian Rainbows. The band will be fronted by Rodríguez-López’s Bosnian Rainbows band mate, Teri Gender Bender, who also performs with Le Butcherettes.

The band’s debut EP, Hiding In The Light, will be released digitally on March 4, 2014 via Neurotic Yell Records. The EP is described as “four songs of electro/dub/afro-beat/avant-freak/jazz-like conversations of instrumental ecstasy.”

The cover art for Hiding In The Light, as well as the band’s full lineup, are below.

Kimono Kult "Hiding In The Light" EP album cover art

Kimono Kult features:

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez: guitar, synths, strings
Teri Gender Bender: vocals, guitar
John Frusciante: guitar
Nicole Turley: bass, drum machine, trumpets, synths, backing vocals
Dante White-Aliano: guitar, synths
Laena Geronimo: violin, bass, trumpets

(via CoS)

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