Ninjaspy Details New EP; Announces Supporting Tour

Funky Vancouver ska metalers Ninjaspy have announced details regarding a brand new upcoming EP.  The EP will be titled No Kata, and will be accompanied by a graphic novel and serve as the formal follow up to 2007’s Pi Nature (produced by Garth Richardson).  Ninjaspy vocalist/ guitarist Joel Parent describes where the EP takes the band:

“The No Kata EP is a real game changer for us. Stylistically it stretches the boundaries of our genre mashing moniker, incorporating some of the most outlandish sounds we’ve ever thought up or accidentally stumbled upon in a creative process. It harmoniously weds all the elements of our musical adventures with a picturesque storybook that illustrates all the connections between music, dancing, martial arts and meditation that are the fundamental basis for Ninjaspy. “Ninjaspy no kata” in Japanese tranlates as “movements of Ninjaspy”. This release is the Tao Teh Ching of throwing the skank down.” 

To support the release the band will be heading across Canada for their “No Kata Tour,” which is set to kick off in Victoria, BC on August 19 and run through October.

Full tour listings can be found below.

NO KATA TOUR DATES 2011:

AUGUST 19, 2011 – VICTORIA, BC – Royal Canadian Legion (All Ages) w/ TODAY I CAUGHT THE PLAGUE / THE PERFECT TREND +more

AUGUST 20, 2011 – DUNCAN, BC – Cobble Hill Hall (All Ages) w/ TODAY I CAUGHT THE PLAGUE / THE PERFECT TREND +more

AUGUST 21, 2011 – NANAIMO, BC – Mt. Benson Legion (All Ages) w/ THE PERFECT TREND / THE BODY POLITIC +more

AUGUST 27, 2011 – VANCOUVER, BC – Plaza Of Nations (All Ages) URBAN CULTURE CONFERENCE + AWARDS // TIX+INFO @ http://urbancultureconference.com

AUGUST 30, 2011 – KELOWNA, BC – Knights Of Columbus Hall (All Ages) w/ SCYTHIA

AUGUST 31, 2011 – CALGARY, AB – Dickens Pub (18+) w/ TOXIC HOLOCAUST / TREEBURNING+ more

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 – REGINA, SK – The Exchange (19+) w/ guests

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 – WINNIPEG, MB – The Zoo (18+) w/ DREADNAUT / IN TRANSFORMATION / ON THIS DAY

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 – THUNDER BAY, ON – Black Pirate Pub (19+) w/ THE COMMUNICATION

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 – ST. CATHARINES, ON – City Lights Lounge (19+) w/ Abolished / Headsastrophies / Duel For King / Genera

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 – LONDON, ON – London Music Hall Lounge (19+) w/ guests 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 – KITCHENER, ON – Maxwells Music House (19+) w/ guests

EAST COAST LEG w/ WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 – FREDERICTON, NB – Charlotte Street Arts Centre (All Ages) w/ WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 – HALIFAX, NS – The Pavilion (All Ages – EARLY SHOW) w/ WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 – HALIFAX, NS – The Seahorse (19+) w/ WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 – MONCTON, NB – The Manhattan (All Ages) w/ WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011- CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI – The Refinery (All Ages – EARLY SHOW) w/ WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 – CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI – Baba’s Lounge (19+) w/ WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 – FREDERICTON, NB – The Capital (19+) w/ WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 – TORONTO, ON – @ Nocturne Club (19+) w/ guests 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 – AJAX, ON – The Top Shelf (19+) w/ LUMBURGH + BACKLASH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 – MONTREAL, QC – Katacombes (18+) w/ SLAVES ON DOPE, THE CATALYST, AVERYS DESCENT + WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 – OTTAWA, ON – Cafe Deckuf (All Ages) w/ SILENCE THE VILLAIN + WE THE UNDERSIGNED

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 – THUNDER BAY, ON – Black Pirate Pub  (All Ages) w/ The Okhrana / The Vilification

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 – WINNIPEG, MB – The Park Theater (All Ages) – w/ IN TRANSFORMATION, CODA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 – SASKATOON, SK – Cosmo Senior Center (All Ages/19+)  w/ SPARKY + BEFORE AND APACE

OCTOBER 1, 2011 – EDMONTON, AB – Brixx Bar+Grill (18+) w/ TREEBURNING

OCTOBER 2, 2011 – PRINCE GEORGE , BC – Third (All Ages) w/ guests 

OCTOBER 7, 2011 –  VANCOUVER, BC – Inter Urban Gallery (AA/19+) w/ QUARTERED, THE PERFECT TREND, DEAD EYES OPEN