Toe

Comprised of drummer Kashikura Takashi, guitarists Mino Takaaki and Yamazaki Hirokazu, and bassist Yamane Satoshi, Toe has maintained the same lineup since their formation in 2000. The group made their debut with the split EP “Pele / toe” in 2002 on Des(ign) Muzyq, which subsequently earned a U.S. release on Polyvinyl in 2004. In a greater showcase of Toe’s post-rock instrumentals, the EP “Songs, Ideas We Forgot” appeared in 2003 on Catune Records. Also in 2003 the group issued the remix EP “Re:designed” featuring remixes of their own tracks as well as mixes by Pele, Dave Lebleu, and Nano Machine.

Two years passed before any new material was released into the world, with 2005’s “The Book About My Idle Plot on a Vague Anxiety” marking the group’s debut full-length album. With repetitive and climatic drums with clean, layered guitars, the record became a staple of 2000’s post-rock, earning Toe international recognition. The record proved the last release for Toe on the Catune label, after which the group formed their own label Machu Pucchu, and signed the bands mouse on the keys, Enemies, and Tangled Hair.

Toe’s debut release on Machu Picchu arrived in 2006 with the EP “New Sentimentality”, which subsequently earned an expanded “Tour Edition” version, which was sold on their Japanese tour. In December 2009, issued by White Noise Records, Toe released their sophomore full-length album “For Long Tomorrow” to a string of positive reviews. Continuing the drum-orientated structure adopted on previously albums, “For Long Tomorrow” is a heavily math-rock influenced record and cemented Toe's reputation as respected artists. Also in 2009, Toe issued a split EP alongside American post-rock group Collection of Colonies of Bees, which was released on Contrarede Records. Three years later in 2012 Toe issued the EP “The Future Is Now”, featuring acoustic guitars, a rhodes piano and apt use of a vibraphone.