Fujiya & Miyagi have gotten a lot of mileage out a their very specific style, which mixes electronic dance music, motorik krautrock a la Neu! and frontman David Best's distinctive, hushed vocal style. It's still in fine form on Flashback, the band's eighth album, as you can hear on the slinky, minimal funk of "Personal Space," that is inviting while trying to keep us at arm's length. "'Personal Space' was born in a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan," says Best. "Being left handed means you are often encroached upon when eating. The idea was then expanded to include the way technology intrudes into our lives. The song suggests reverting back to a simpler frame of mind, where you can take a breath and appreciate the good things you have, rather then longing for what you haven’t." The song premieres in this post and you can listen, and watch the video for Flashback's title track, below.

Flashback is out May 17 via Impossible Objects of Desire. Fujiya & Miyagi will be over for a few U.S. dates in July, including DC, Brooklyn (Elsewhere Hall on 7/19 with Glassio), Boston and Philly. All dates are listed below.

FUJIYA & MIYAGI - 2019 TOUR DATES

29th May UK Brighton Green Door Store

1st June UK London Moth Club

8th June KOR Seoul DMZ Peace Train Music Festival

9th June HKG Hong Kong MOM Live House

11th June CHN Shenzhen HOU Live house

13th June CHN Shanghai ModernSky Lab

14th June CHN Hangzhou MAO Livehouse Hangzhou

15th June CHN Beijing Omni Space

27th June FRA Paris Supersonic

13th July HRV Croatia Tabor Film Festival

18th July USA Washington DC9

19th July USA New York Elsewhere

20th July USA Boston Red Room Café 939

21st July USA Philadelphia Johnny Brenda’s