this is what happens when a clown starts a punk band

first president of japan is a Brooklyn based band that'll jolt you awake.
Pleasure and nonsense forward with existential crises that peek through the cracks, entangled in glitzy guitar riffs that get you moving.

A chaotic DIY explosion that you need to see live.

Recent winners of Purgatory's Battle of the Bands, first president of japan have started dance parties and mosh pits everywhere, from Baby's All Right, New Colossus Festival, to Chinatown food courts. For real, ask the grannies who were rocking out with their grandbabies.

Photos used in this website by:
Tyler Bertrand
Human Flower Productions
Michelle LoBianco
Barbara Hernandez Moreno
Maddie Barkocy
Adam Ninyo
Dillon Edlin

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