I thought macico was the name of an idol singer but I couldn’t have been more wrong hah. I mentioned last year that he could sound a little overproduced, and his latest record ‘bedroom revelations’ truly caters to me: raw, heartful, warms the heart. THE CHARM PARK – Komoriuta no Hate (feat. The kind of tune that Sakamoto Maaya would’ve had first dibs on 15 years agoĢ0. I kinda thought (2) of these guys too, until I heard this track from their new record. Most of my favourite Jrock bands from 20 years ago are either 1) no longer around 2) shadows of their former selves. There’s just this really earnest, really nostalgic late 90s/early 2000s Jpop vibe to it. Generic Jpop-rock ballad? Yet, I can’t get the melody line out of my head.

There are tons of bands out thereįrantic. Once upon a time I loved, loved, loved melodic Jrock bands & that was where most of my pocket money went towards, both in CDs & live shows. I only really started paying attention to them last year – I’d only known them as that band featuring the son of the Downtown dude… Their anime tie-ups are getting a bit samey and stale, but this one written for horror flick Jukai Mura has a little more flavour Which means an upgraded and better version! She produced some stunning stuff away from her parent band BiSH but alas, their Kohaku performance is gonna haunt them for a long while… AiNA THE END – Negashikonda Hi ni Kagitte I’ve always liked stuff with a bit of an edge: jazz, post-rock, math-rock etc etc as opposed to the straightforward bands like Novelbright or Back Number that all sound interchangeable (and rather cheesy).Ġ9. You could easily picture Ikura singing it And they’re sort of taking a leaf out of YOASOBI’s ‘book’ by writing songs about (famous) books, this one being based on the Hemingway classic The Old Man and the Sea. They’ve put out so many good songs this year…it was a close call between this or Tsuki ni Hoero. Michael Kaneko)ĭon’t know much about either artist but this collaboration is pure gold: effortlessly groovy and cool. Nothing good from CHELMICO this year this made up for it.Ġ5. Sadly, this ace song ain’t appearing on streaming services any time soon.

These are the days where Johnny’s boybands no longer sound like Johnny’s boybands and sound more like YOASOBI. Watching the PV always makes me teary…either I’m getting old, or the song’s message really does hit me that hard. Surely his catchiest song to date? Doesn’t seem like that’s what the public likes from him though, this wasn’t that big a hit…Ġ2.

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