Music Corner Week 9: Cider Girl

Cider Girl is a three-member pop-rock band that formed back in 2014. Keeping to the creed of becoming that exhilarating rush of carbonated bubbles that just overwhelm the senses and are lost in a short period of time an experience that is usually found in cider drink. Just as akin to drinking said drink Cider Girl’s songs are high energy and give out that exhilarating edge, but are short and to the point. Coined as their “Carbonated” sound Cider Girls high tempo leads them to an edge in the already crowded market that is the Japanese pop-rock genre. 

A perfect example of this “Carbonated” sound is their songs “Satellite” and “Melancholy” in which Yurin vocal paired with lead guitarist Chi’s amazing guitar skill come mixed with Bassist Fujirum’s tempo crescendos to a point that takes their listeners on a ride in which their melody is just like tiny carbonated bubbles that have just be popped in such a high energy and intoxicating way repeating over and over it give that refreshing feeling to the listeners ears. This feeling lingers on till just as the song is about to end giving that urgency to go ahead and take another “sip” of their songs. 

As the members of the band like to keep their public image to themselves, Cider Girl employs models to perform in their music videos in the lime lite as opposed to the band themselves. Dubbed the “Cider Girls” they are just as important to the band as an honorary fourth member to the actual members that perform the songs. Currently, the 2019 Cider Girl is Rina Onuki which you can see here.

Currently, Cider Girl has release four mini-albums “Cider no Shikumi” (2015) “Cider no Machi Made” (2016) “Diorama InCider” (2016) “Diorama OutCider” (2016) which were released during their indie day before being signed with Universal in 2017. With Universal, they have released two albums SODA POP FANCLUB 1 and 2 in 2017 and 2018 respectively along with three singles with a fourth, “Clover” being released on July 3 which you can pre-order  here.

Check out the Cider Girl’s official site and Twitter along with the music video for “Satellite” below!

Cider Girl stars Fujirum (Bass)

Yurin (Guitar & Vocals)

Chi (Gutiar)

Flue flings us new mini-album!

Three-member high energy rock band and Indie Corner alum flue announced via Twitter that they will be dropping a brand new mini-album titled 不覚にもフルー (Fukaku ni mo flue) June 9. This will be the latest release by the group since their album  リテラシー良い暮らし (Literacy Yoi Kurashi) back last October. Fukaku ni mo flue will drop with seven tracks and, in usual hyperactive flue fashion, will have a runtime of ten minutes. 

Fukaku ni mo flue isn’t the only major news announced by the band; flue will also release their first two albums No. 13 and Literacy Yoi Kurashi to music streaming platforms. Also, to commemorate the release of the mini-album, flue will hold a release party in the famed Shimokitazawa mona records in Tokyo June 9. 

Unfortunately there are no pre-order links as of now, but if this is anything like the releases of flue’s previous albums it should also be available on all music streaming platforms. In the meantime check out the track listing for Fukaku ni mo flue below!

flue「Fukaku ni mo flue」

CD

01. f.l.u.eろ

02. 和洋set you free!

03. my name is 寝耳に水

04. Am, ねえまだ

05.曖昧 I’m fine

06. late しよう

07. 鼻水 wannabes

Dream Shizuka drops first single

Dream Shizuka of E-Girls fame released her very first single as a solo artist “4 FEELS.” The single comes with four different tracks and is produced with the theme of four different emotions. SHOCK EYE, a fellow musician, helped write and produce some songs on the single.

“4 FEELS.” was released in both a standard edition and a limited edition. The standard is CD-only but the limited edition does include both a CD and DVD. You can order your copy of “4 FEELS” below. Also, you can check out the track listing at the bottom of the page.

Standard edition

Limited edition

You can check Dream Shizuka’s beautiful song “かなしみから始まる物語” (“kanashimi kara hajimaru monogatari”) which is the fourth track on “4 FEELS.” “かなしみから始まる物語” (“kanashimi kara hajimaru monogatari”) was released digitally back in February of this year.

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Standard Edition

“4 FEELS.” (Standard Edition)

1 Woman We Are

2 Paper Dream

3 Just keep on dreaming

4 かなしみから始まる物語 (“kanashimi kara hajimaru monogatari”)

Limited Edition

“4 FEELS.” (Limited Edition)

CD

1 Woman We Are

2 Paper Dream

3 Just keep on dreaming

4 かなしみから始まる物語 (“kanashimi kara hajimaru monogatari”)

DVD

1 かなしみから始まる物語 (Music Video)(“kanashimi kara hajimaru monogatari” Music Video)

2 Paper Dream (Special Movie収録) (Compilation)

Masaki Suda reveals his love!

Actor and singer Masaki Suda announced the release of his second studio album, Love, which is set to be released July 10. The announcement was made on the television program All Night Nippon during the May 20 broadcast.

Love is being released in a total of three editions. The standard edition will be CD-only while thje other two will be limited editions with one including a CD and DVD while the other will be released with a CD and photo-book.

You can pre-order your copy of Love here:

Standard edition

Limited edition with DVD

Limited edition with photo-book

Finally, if you are unfamiliar with Masaki Suda’s work you can check out his single “Long Hope Philia” which was used for the second half of season three of the super popular anime series My Hero Academia.

Man arrested for sending Yuka Ogina death threats

The police took a 24-year-old man into custody after he sent death threats to Yuka Ogina. Ogina is a member of the late NGT48, which dissolved back in April. Apparently the man in custody faxed in death threats to various news outlets and to Niigata government offices. HoriPro, the agency that represents Ogino, took action against the man arrested and filed a lawsuit but they are also seeking strict punishment against him.

This came after all of the recent controversy that surrounded NGT48. Last December, fellow member Maho Yamaguchi was assaulted right outside of her dorm room by two men. This incident caused so much blowback due to how it was mishandled that it ultimately led to Nigata pulling their support of the group—it was announced last month that NGT48 would be dissolved.