Taiiku Okazaki Brings the Fight With Upcoming Album!

FIGHT CLUB Jacket Cover

Vocalist Taiiku Okazaki announced that he will be releasing a brand new album, FIGHT CLUB, October 20. This will be the latest release by the vocalist since his album SAITAMA back in January of 2019 and will be his fourth album overall. Not much is known about the album at the time of reporting except that it will drop with two editions: a CD-only standard edition and a limited edition which will come with a bonus Blu-ray. The Blu-ray will include footage from his one-man live concert during OKAZAKI ROCK FESTIVAL 2020 which took place back in February of 2020. To hype up the release, Okazaki has also released the music video for his track “Fight on the Web” on his YouTube channel. 

As we look forward to the upcoming release be sure to check out the video for “Fight on the Web” along with the pre-order links for FIGHT CLUB below!

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Limited edition

Hiroji Miyamoto Bring His Way in Upcoming Release!

Artist Hiroji Miyamoto announced that hew will be releasing a brand new album, 縦横無尽 (Juomujin), October 13th. Famously known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band Elephant Kashimashi, this will be Miyamoto’s latest solo album since Miyamoto Doppo back in March of 2020 and is his second solo album. This work contains a total of 13 songs, including the theme song "浮世小路のblues” (“Ukiyokoji no blues”) from Japanese Hulu's original drama 死神さん (Shinigami-san), which starring Kei Tanaka. The album will drop with four editions: a CD-only standard edition, a live best edition that will come with bonus DVD, and a Juomujin limited edition that will come with a bonus Blu-ray / 2 DVD set. The Juomujin limited edition Blu-ray / 2 DVD set will include footage from his latest live tour set along with a small behind-the-scenes documentary. The live best edition will include footage form his Birthday Live that took place back in June along with several music videos. 

As we look foreword to the upcoming release, be sure to check out the music video for the track “sha・la・la・la”, along with the pre-order links for Juomujin below!

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Live Best edition

Juomujin Limited edition DVD/ Blu-ray

Hiroji Miyamoto「Juomujin」

CD

・P.S. I love you

・sha・la・la・la

・passion

・shining

・浮世小路のblues

・この道の先で

ほか 全13曲

Juomujin Limited Edition DVD / Blu-ray

・「宮本浩次縦横無尽」ライブ映像、ドキュメンタリー映像

Live Best Edition DVD

・2021年のライブ映像

・ミュージックビデオ

Natural Lag Brings A New Determination With Upcoming Release!

Souda Hanamura of the band Da-iCE announced that his solo band project Natural Lag will be releasing a brand new single, “Determination”, across all digital music streaming platforms. The work was first unveiled during the online live "Natural Lag Online Live Tour 2020" held in August of 2020 but it was unfortunately not released. As you can imagine from the title, "Determination", which means "decision", is an upper-tempo tune that exhibits a powerful and positive message spelled out by Hanamura with a band sound featuring a sense of speed and refreshing tune of piano and strings.

As we look forward to the upcoming release be sure to check out the music video for “約束” (“Yakusoku”) below, along with the track here!

Mega Shinnosuke Reunites With Brother in Latest Music Video!

Ahead of his upcoming album, vocalist Mega Shinnosuke released the music video for his track “兄弟” (“Kyodai”) on his official YouTube channel. A part of Shinnosuke’s first album CULTURE DOG which will be released September 8, this was a work the vocalist collaborated on with his friend Kubota Kai since he was in his hometown of Fukuoka. In the making of what was released this time, Mega Shinnosuke plays with Kubota in Fukuoka. The GoPro used for the music video is missing and it has not been found yet. The album will come with eleven tracks and will drop only with a CD-only standard edition.

Be sure to check out the music video in question along with the pre-order links for CULTURE DOG below!

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CULTURE DOG Jacket Cover

Mega Shinnosuke「CULTURE DOG」

01. Thinking Boyz!!!

02. Lead 2 Love :)

03. 兄弟 feat.クボタカイ

04. School

05. 反好青年

06. 甲州街道をとばして

07. Sports

08. Sweet Dream feat.Jinmenusagi

09. お洒落すぎてどうしよう

10. blue men.（2021ver.）

11. 明日もこの世は回るから

Miu Sakamoto Takes A New Flight With Upcoming Album!

Vocalist Miu Sakamoto announced that she will be releasing a brand new album, birds fly, October 20 via the label FOLKY HOUSE. This will the the latest album by Sakamoto since よろこびあうことは (Yorukobi Au Kotoha) back in June of last year and will be her fifteenth album overall. Pianist Mamiko Hirai and cellist Seigen Tokuzawa will participate in this work as co-producers. In addition to the new song, a total of six songs will be recorded, including "hoshi no sumika", co-written with haruka nakamura, and "shining girl" by Sakamoto, who expanded the song from Hirai's piano piece. The recording was done in a one-shot session by Sakamoto, Hirai, and Tokuzawa at the Important Cultural Property, Jiyu Gakuen Tomorrow Hall in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and the sound of the space and sense of dynamism were vividly recorded. The album will come with two editions: a CD-only standard edition and a limited edition which will come with a bonus Blu-ray. The Blu-ray will feature a documentary video which follows the process of recording all six songs in one day.

As we look feared to the upcoming release be sure to check out the music video for “The Water is Wide” along with the pre-order link for birds fly below!

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Limited edition

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Miu Sakamoto「birds fly」

CD

01. birds fly

02. shining girl

03. story

04. gantan（birth）

05. hoshi no sumika

06. for IO

Limited Edition Blu-ray

・Music VIdeo