TOTEP
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{{Infobox album
| name = TOTEP
| type = EP
| artist = Kero Kero Bonito
| cover = TOTEP.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2018|02|20|df=yes}}
| studio = Press Play, Bermondsey
Gus' room, Bromley
| genre =
| length = {{duration|m=11|s=4}}
| label = Self-released
| producer = Gus Lobban
| prev_title = Bonito Generation
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Time 'n' Place
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{singles
| name = TOTEP
| type = EP
| single1 = Only Acting
| single1date = 12 February 2018
}}
}}
TOTEP (erroneously spelled out on the spine of some physical releases as The One True EP{{Cite web|title=TOTEP|url=https://twitter.com/kerokerobonito/status/1362855571884552194|access-date=2 February 2021|website=Twitter|language=en}}) is the third extended play by British band Kero Kero Bonito, self-released on 20 February 2018.{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/totep-ep/1342652440 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000206/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/totep-ep/1342652440 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2018 |title=Totep – EP by Kero Kero Bonito |website=Apple Music |accessdate=5 October 2018}} The EP marks a departure from the "sunny" electropop of previous releases in favor of a "grungier, guitar-heavy style, full of crunching distortion and glitched out noise."{{cite web |last=Pearson |first=Luke |title=Kero Kero Bonito: Time 'n' Place |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/kero_kero_bonito-time_n_place |website=Exclaim! |date=2 October 2018 |accessdate=5 October 2018}} The EP was preceded by the single "Only Acting",{{cite web |last=Gaca |first=Anna |url=https://www.spin.com/2018/02/kero-kero-bonito-only-acting-video |title=Video: Kero Kero Bonito – "Only Acting" |work=Spin |date=February 12, 2018 |accessdate=October 5, 2018}} which was later featured on the band's second studio album, Time 'n' Place (2018).{{cite web |last=DeVille |first=Chris |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2016609/kero-kero-bonito-surprise-album-time-n-place/music/album-stream |title=Stream Kero Kero Bonito's New Album Time 'n' Place |work=Stereogum |date=1 October 2018 |accessdate=1 October 2018}}
Critical reception
Anna Gace of Spin opined that the songs on the EP "feel a bit sketched-in, but they also suggest that KKB see a future where they're not just cranking out delightfully goofy bubblegum dance-pop."{{cite web |last=Gaca |first=Anna |title=Stream Kero Kero Bonito's New TOTEP EP |url=https://www.spin.com/2018/02/kero-kero-bonito-totep-ep-stream |website=Spin |date=20 February 2018 |accessdate=5 October 2018}} James Rettig of Stereogum wrote, "The new songs cycle through grunge-y, power-poppy, and dreamy, and they're all great and demonstrate the versatility of KKB's sound."{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |title=Stream Kero Kero Bonito TOTEP EP |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1983675/stream-kero-kero-bonito-totep-ep/music/album-stream |website=Stereogum |date=20 February 2018 |accessdate=5 October 2018}}
Following the group's signing to Polyvinyl Records, the EP was issued physically for the first time and charted at #6 on the Top Heatseekers chart.
Track listing
All songs written by Gus Lobban.{{cite web |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/works/publisher/6088939/KERO%20KERO%20BONITO%20LIMITED |title=ACE Repertory - Kero Kero Bonito Ltd.}}
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = The One True Path
| length1 = 2:55
| title2 = Only Acting
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = You Know How It Is
| length3 = 2:14
| title4 = Cinema
| length4 = 2:06
| total_length = 11:04
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from Kero Kero Bonito's official website.{{cite web |title=TOTEP |url=http://kerokerobonito.com/totep |website=kerokerobonito.com |accessdate=5 October 2018 |archive-date=25 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025000318/http://kerokerobonito.com/totep/ |url-status=dead }}
Kero Kero Bonito
- Sarah Midori Perry – vocals
- Gus Lobban – drums, production
- Jamie Bulled – bass
Additional musicians
- James Rowland – guitar, noise
- The Parakeets (Cecile Believe, z & Oscar) – backing vocals
Technical
- Jimmy Robertson – recording
- Andy Ramsay – engineering
- Anthony Lim – additional mixing, mastering
Charts
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!scope="col"| Chart (2019) !scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|6|artist=Kero Kero Bonito|accessdate=9 August 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardIndependent|22|artist=Kero Kero Bonito|accessdate=9 August 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardVinyl|20|artist=Kero Kero Bonito|accessdate=24 July 2021|rowheader=true}} |
References
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