Tokyo's Coolest Sound

Her Serves & Receive (Japanese name "kanojo no Serves & Receive") is a girl vocal duo, and "future tennis icons", that has a gimmick of sporting tennis wear and a racket whenever performing live. Beyond the looks, their sounds have an addictive and soothing city pop feel, with music that involves producers such as Indonesian city pop band Ikkubaru, Matsuo Muneyoshi (ex-Instant Cytron) and Nagase Gorō (Instant Cytron). This first album was mixed and mastered by Satō Seiki (microstar). Included is a remix by Hasegawa Hakushi.

About the duo, Her Serves ("kanojo no Serve") aka Aogi (Twitter) came from Nagasaki, and Her Receive ("kanojo no Receive") aka Eri (Twitter) is an active highschooler on weekdays. They perform shows either as a pair or individually (Her Serves alone). At each of their shows a numbered tennis ball is served from the stage, recently reaching #100.

While they can be caught pretty much every weekend somewhere in Tokyo (watch their Twitter accounts), upcoming appearances include "Yokosuka Idol Carnival x Sunday Girls Special" on September 24 at Younger Than Yesterday in Yokosuka (w/ Yume to Cosme, Way Wave, Hirose Aina, Mia Nascimento, 3776, 963, Sokabe Keiichi and more) (details), and "marquee≠night 19" on September 29 at Tokiwadai Cave (w/ The Lady Spade, Milli Milli Bar, 963, pLumsonic and more). Check out their full schedule here.

Her Serves & Receive "Service Ace"
彼女のサーブ&レシーブ 「サービス・エース」

1. Racket Love
2. suki! ~ Love Magic
3. senpai Holic !!!
4. Wondering Girl
5. A Hungry Girl
6. koi wa nani iro
7. suki? ~Cross Road~
8. Cheerio!
9. Racket Love (Hasegawa Hakushi Remix)

Laughface Inc. PARKS-004
Out now (8/5), ¥2000 (excl. 10% tax)
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"Racket Love (Hasegawa Hakushi Remix)