Shinobu is an American indie rock band formed in 2002 in San Jose, California.
Heavily influenced by bands like Death Cab for Cutie, the Weakerthans, Pixies, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Pavement, they are well known for their thoughtful, clever, existentialist, usually self-deprecating lyrics, their off kilter drumming and sharp angular fractured noisy guitar riffs and their odd use of lo-fi production techniques.
[5][6] According to Vice, they are arguably one of the most subtly influential bands on the current DIY indie punk scene.
[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Joyce Manor, PUP, and Touché Amoré are among the numerous bands that credit Shinobu as one of their biggest influences.
[15][16] The term "Shinobu" means "recall" in Japanese and is mostly likely a reference to the anime and manga series Urusei Yatsura.