Music Corner Week 24: Burnout Syndromes

Burnout Syndromes is a three-member rock band that got started in 2005 with Kazuumi Kumagai as lead vocalist and guitar, Taiyuu Ishikawa as bassist and back up vocals, and finally, Takuya Hirose as the drummer and also back up vocals. To this day the same three guys are in the band and they show no signs of slowing down the release of a brand new album this year and a single released back in August. 

Burnout Syndromes writes fairly unique compositions that come through in their music. Kazuumi’s vocals are a little different and might take the listener a little bit to adjust to but they really fit their style of music. They also execute their songs with amazing skills making their music fun to listen to. Take for instance Burnout Syndromes’ latest single “Good Morning World” that opens up with Kazuumi singing acapella before being greeted with the powerful guitar and drums that run throughout the song. “Good Morning World” takes a serious turn before the chorus kicks in with this fun and up the melody.

Since forming Burnout Syndromes have released a total of three studio albums with their first major album coming out in November of 2016 that is titled Lemon, Peacock came out in February of 2018, and their latest album Myojo came out in February of this year. Burnout Syndromes have put out a total of four singles since going major with their first single being “FLY HIGH!!” in March of 2016, “Hikarire” in October of 2016, “Hanaichichi” in February of 2018 and “Good Morning World” in August of 2019. Be sure to check out Burnout Syndromes on their official website to keep up with their latest news or follow them on Twitter, and they also post their news on their Facebook page. Burnout Syndromes' latest release “Good Morning World” is posted below for anyone looking to check them out.

Superfly announces sixth studio album

Rock band Superfly announced they will be dropping their sixth studio album titled 0 which will drop January 15, 2020. The new album will feature the theme song “フレア” (“Furea”) for historical drama Scarlet and the main theme for traditional drama TV series あなたには帰る家がある (Anata ni wa kaeru ie ga aru) which is titled “Fall”. This will be Superfly’s first album since 2015 when they dropped White.

0 is being released in five editions total: a standard CD-only edition, a CD with DVD Type A edition, a CD with DVD Type B edition, a CD with Blu-ray Type A edition, and a CD with Blu-ray Type B edition. The A editions will feature live footage from the band’s arena tour that will start September 21. The B editions will feature their performance at FM802 30PARTY MEET THE WORLD BEAT 2019. Pre-orders are now up and posted below along with Superfly’s song “Ambitious” which will also be on the upcoming album.

Standard Edition

CD with DVD Type A

CD with DVD Type B

CD with Blu-ray Type A

CD with Blu-ray Type B

Official Hige DANdism brings it back to yesterday with new music video!

Four-member rock band Official Hige DANdism released the music video for their track “Yesterday” on their official YouTube channel. “Yesterday” will be one of the lead tracks for the band’s upcoming first major label album Traveler, to be released October 9. “Yesterday”, while not extravagant like their most recent videos, keeps it simple with their style in such a way that it just can’t be matched. 

As previously reported, Official Hige DANdism’s Traveler will feature three editions total, including a standard edition and two limited editions. The standard edition will be CD-only and feature a total of thirteen tracks. The limited editions will not only come with the CD but also either a DVD or Blu-ray depending on which edition you pick up. However, both will feature the same content, including a live recording of the group’s one-man tour held at NHK Hall this past January 24.

Check out the music video in question along with the pre-order links for Traveler below!

Standard Edition

Limited Edition with DVD

Limited Edition with Blu-ray

Blue Encounter shines in new My Hero Academia opening

Music Corner alumnus Blue Encount revealed they will be doing the next opening for the international sensation hero anime My Hero Academia. The new opening song is titled “Polaris” which will be released November 20. “Polaris” will also serve as the show’s sixth opening overall. The new season for My Hero Academia will start October 12 and will be streaming on Funimation. The song is being released in three editions total including a standard CD-only edition, a limited edition that will come with a bonus DVD, and a limited pressing edition that will also come with a bonus DVD. The limited pressing edition will only be available until February 29, 2020. Pre-orders are open and you can get a quick preview of the song in the latest trailer for the upcoming season below.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Limited Pressing Edition

m-flo reveals ninth album

Two CD Plus DVD Edition

Hip-hop duo m-flo announced their ninth full album KYO which will drop November 6. KYO will be part of the duo’s twentieth-year anniversary of being in the music industry. On the cover of the album there are two symbols: the left side of the cover features a symbol for an “alternate dimension” and the right features their contains a brand-new symbol that represents “KYO”.

KYO is being released in three editions total: a two-CD edition, a CD plus DVD edition, and a two-CD plus DVD edition. The second CD will be a compilation of remixes of songs from all throughout the duo’s twenty-year career. The DVD contains a total of six music videos, all of which will be posted below along with the full track listing for both CDs as well. Pre-order links are also below. Be sure to check out the cool music video for m-flo’s  “STRSTRK” as well.

Two CD Edition

CD plus DVD Edition

Two CD plus DVD Edition

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m-flo「KYO」

Two CD Edition

CD 1

01. No.9

02. E.T.

03. HUMAN LOST feat. J. Balvin

04. Enter the Mortal Portal

05. juXtapoz

06. Toxic Sweet feat. JP THE WAVY (Album Version)

07. EKTO

08. PULSE

09. Sheeza feat. MIYACHI

10. against all gods

11. STRSTRK

12. MAKE IT BREAK IT

13. KYO-TO-KYO

14. No Question

CD 2「20th Anniversary Best Mix by in the blue shirt」

01. How You Like Me Now?（Sweet William Remix）/ m-flo

02. REEEWIND / m-flo loves Crystal Kay

03. EKTO（SASUKE Remix）/ m-flo

04. been son long (tofubeats remix) / m-flo

05. Come Back To Me / m-flo

06. Piece of me / m-flo

07. the Love Bug（YUC'e Remix）/ m-flo loves BoA

08. let go（Kan Sano Momentum Remix）/ m-flo loves YOSHIKA

09. Astrosexy / m-flo loves CHEMISTRY

10. MARS DRIVE / m-flo

11. I WANNA BE DOWN（WONK Remix）/ m-flo loves 坂本龍一

12. Love to Live By（starRo Remix）/ m-flo loves Chara

13. Lotta Love / m-flo loves MINMI

14. Luvotomy（TeddyLoid Remix）/ m-flo loves 安室奈美恵

15. No Question（TOKYO RAINBOW PRIDE Remix by Mitsunori Ikeda）/ m-flo

16. come again（PKCZ Remix）/ m-flo

17. epic / m-flo

18. IRONY / m-flo feat. DAOKO

19. All I Want Is You (DJ Shimamura Remix) / m-flo

20. miss you（banvox Remix）/ m-flo loves melody. & Ryohei

21. Picture Perfect / m-flo loves Monkey Majik

CD Plus DVD Edition

DVD

01. No Question -Music Video-

02. never -Music Video-

03. EKTO -Music Video-

04. STRSTRK -Music Video-

05. Toxic Sweet feat. JP THE WAVY -Music Video-

06. HUMAN LOST feat. J. Balvin -Music Video-