In September, Fact will embark on a monthlong Japan trek in support of their fourth full-length effort, January's "Burundanga." The gigs will be the Chiba posthardcore act's first domestic concerts since performing last December at the popular annual Countdown Japan yearend music festival. They will also be Fact's first local shows with their newest member, British guitarist Adam Graham.
Graham previously played in the Tokyo metal/hardcore band Versus the Night. He became acquainted with the Fact crew after his old group and Fact were paired up on a number of concert bills. They bonded during a wild night that included everyone finding an ... um, creative (and not recommended) use for wasabi.
"I first met the guys in Fact like eight or nine years ago," says Graham. "One time Versus the Night and Fact played together in Yokosuka and someone dared someone else to snort a line of wasabi and then we all did it together. We became pretty tight from that point on."