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what I've heard of the new album has surprised me. good on them for evolving and not just going stale
I've never paid much attention to them but I just had to listen to this album, there's just so many artists I like that worked on it : Polkadot Stingray, iri, Hattori from Macaroni Empitsu, Vicke Blanka, Kawatani Enon, Ishizaki Huwie.
I'll give a shot to their older albums at some point.
Since the album is called Makkuro (lit. pitch black), the covert art is, well, pitch black.
Insert the appropriate Spinal Tap reference
I don't understand the weird Japanese music obsession with denying anything that came before your major label signing. "1st album"?
They don't say 1st album tho, they say "major 1st album". I can't really think of any instance where labels don't specify that.
I assume you're talking about tricot. It's their first major label album. I don't know why they're not releasing on their own label, Bakuretsu, anymore. Now they're at a sub-label of avex and cutting edge called 8902 RECORDS.
Oh! You can probably tell by now that I can't read Japanese to save my life. Never mind, then.
Do you know if 8902 stuff gets very good distribution in the US? The, And, and 3 are all on US iTunes, along with EPs, singles, and even their live Audiotree set, but there's music from other bands on bigger labels that is frustratingly absent. I hope this won't be a situation where the band moving to a bigger label results in less accessibility in the west.
Oh. After looking into it, 8902 is tricot's own label, but it's under a major label. 8902 is a pun on alternate pronunciations of the numbers to sound similar to Bakuretsu. I think the only precedent would be their single release, so yes!
Makes sense, now that I think about it. avex would definitely have wide distribution, and tricot has an international fanbase.
Wouldn't count on anything that would have them be more limited in the west. They've been pretty adamant about seeking a global audience as they were playing outside of Japan going back to like 2013 or so. I became aware of them because they were showing up to a festival that was nearby where I was living at the time.
Good thing I saw this and decided to check their page on Spotify.
New album dropped today. It has the same album art as the latest single.
If I saw it next week when Spotify refreshes the new releases, I would have just assumed it was still the single.
Aside from the stuff other people already mentioned, 3 was the first album tricot put out in Europe and the U.S. in collaboration with Western labels (Topshelf in the States, I forget what the European label was). I would hope that tricot having their own label under avex means they retain the ability to make deals like that if needed, but who knows.
Unfortunately I couldn't... I'll try to find it somewhere, heard it was crazy.
Also I'm legit considering going to Japan next december for that Tokyo Dome show lol
Looking forward to their 4th single in february! Hope the delayed Keyakizaka single drops around the same time.
Sure hope we can see Mao & Hiyori back by then!! (Getting dome tickets would be amazing...)
Kyonko uploaded a photo with Kage & Hiyori (I'm convincing myself Mao was there too but wasn't allowed to be in the photo...)
As for keyaki, really do hope they get their next single out sooner than later :/
THE ORAL CIGARETTES announced the release of their 5th album SUCK MY WORLD. No release date yet, but it's gonna be out before their arena tour that starts in May.
Super stoked. Their albums are usually 10 songs long, this time it's 15 so I'm expecting a fairly ambitious work.
Super stoked. Their albums are usually 10 songs long, this time it's 15 so I'm expecting a fairly ambitious work.
From the olden days of 1998. Found this clear version of an OG MV of one of my favorite bands & song.
I'm not going to complain about more Negoto, but... isn't this basically a Negoto song? At least it's a good one though!
Well, considering these are the first steps to a solo artist it is not that surprising staying around the vibes she knew. Probably it will take some time for her to get more keen to experiment.
Man, Keyakizaka46's performance of Kuroi Hitsuji during today's Music Station was so good, didn't expect them to recreate the music video. Love all the tweaks they've made for every performance throughout the year. This version was quite something... That ending where Sugai comes forward to hug Kobayashi, followed by the other members while Hirate stands alone. Damn.
And a couple of hours later, Hirate performed her solo song Kado wo magaru, picking up right after the ending of Kuroi Hitsuji symbolizing like the rebirth of Hirate.
(click the tweets to see the other parts)
Both songs ending with a misty-eyed Hirate was powerful.
And a couple of hours later, Hirate performed her solo song Kado wo magaru, picking up right after the ending of Kuroi Hitsuji symbolizing like the rebirth of Hirate.
(click the tweets to see the other parts)
Both songs ending with a misty-eyed Hirate was powerful.
Happy new year, my friends! I've spent most of the last decade chatting with y'all, and now we enter another one! I hope everything goes excellently for everyone in 2020 and forever after!