This heartwarming mid-tempo ballad depicts the moment when coffee-loving aliens fall in love with each other despite their loneliness, and is arranged by Shin Sakiura with a brilliant alternative guitar sound. The stylish alien in a suit is illustrated by Sayaka Suwa, and the jacket design is by Fumina Nishino
Loneliness is a fantasy Oh the smooth bgms All but a dream, when it sets The freshness of the city roast We’re just a pair of aliens The city trains that we’re supposed to use, runs coldly like it doesn’t care We will reach our destination, Your planet, in no time Let’s kiss like never before Once, no, more and more Can’t believe how modest we can be at times! Just a little bit sweet, and Just a little bit special night with you If only we were meant to be The orbit-less falling leaves Look up, now can’t you see? The slumbering sky above Perfect day for a city roast Brings colour to the last phrase We have quite some time upon our hands, until we burrow through those layers of clouds Let us make a little promise, eh? On the next planet Let’s kiss like never before Once, no, more and more Can’t believe how modest we can be at times! Just a little bit bitter wound We have right there just underneath, yeah Keep them hidden up inside Let’s kiss like never before Once, no, more and more Can’t believe how modest we can be at times! Just a little bit sweet, and Just a little bit special night with you If only we were meant to be
Punipunidenki a.k.a Puniden ぷにぷに電機 is an lyricist, composer, and music producer. Her music is genre-less and without any boundaries as she integrates jazz, Bossa Nova and Latin, as well as, City Pop, Future Funk, and Future Bass into her sound. Recommended.
Legend of Divorce 離婚伝説 is a musical duo of Ayumi Matsuda (vo) and Jun Beppu (gt). They produce their own sound and visuals with positive results. The group was named after the Japanese title of Marvin Gaye’s 1978 album “Here My Dear. They have a catchy City pop sound and a mixture of pop and funk.
Good Bye April are an indie pop group from the Tokyo area. They define their music as neo-new and has a distinctive city pop sound. Good Bye April songs often reflect about stories of everyday life. The group found their musical identity with a consistent style of music through their recent albums “Xanadu” & “Swing in the Dark”. The members of Good By April are: 倉品翔 Sho Kurashina（Vo & Gt & Key., 長野県出身, 田卓史 Tkakashi Yoshida（Gt.） 大阪府出身, 延本文音 Ayane Enmoto（Ba.） 大阪府出身, and つのけん Tshunoken（Dr.） 神奈川県出身. Favorite songs of Good Bye April: 1. Missing Summer 2. Spring Kiss 3. Plastic 4. Xanadu 5. 人魚の鱗 6. 君がいなきゃ See You Off 7. キレイ Kirei 8. 恋がはじまる. Recommended.
Ennui Holiday アンニュイ・ホリデイare a new and distinct indie pop band that plays 80-90’s style J-POP including city pop. The band originated in 2020 by university students Onodera オノデラ and Oyamada オヤマダ (45) and sung mostly by Ikuraweirdo. They produce quality pop music without being categorized by musical genres. “Grotesque Love” is probably their best song and it talks about capitalism and romance in the era of the covid-19 pandemic. Their music is worth a listen.
Punipunidenki a.k.a Puniden ぷにぷに電機 is an lyricist, composer, and music producer. Her music is genre-less and without any boundaries as she integrates jazz, Bossa Nova and Latin, as well as, City Pop, Future Funk, and Future Bass into her sound. With her recent songs such as Zurukunai?, Empties, Summer Rains, and On the Westcoast Line, shows that Puniden is growing and developing her musical style. My favorites songs of Puniden are: 1. ずるくない？Zurukunai? 2. Empties 3. My Queen 4. Summer Rains 5. On the Westcoast Line 6. Silent Kiss 7. A Drop 8. Everywhere. Recommended.
Elsewhere Kikou エルスウェア紀行 are a two piece indie pop band that started in September 2020. They were previously called “Hinata and Ashley.” The duo perform a mixture of rock, folk, progressive, soul, and some city pop. Elsewhere-Kikou has evolved and has a mature sound and creates good music. The band members are: Miyu Hinata (Vo.Gt) and Toyoshi (Gt.Dr.Cho). Favorite songs of Elsewhere Kikou are: 1. マイ・ストレンジ・タウン 2. ひとときのさよなら 3. エルスウェア紀行 4. 朝のにおい 5. 普通の毎日. Please listen to and support Elsewhere Kikou.
Shin Rizumu シンリズム is a professional pop-rock singer-songwriter from Kobe, Japan. He first published music on Sound Cloud when he was in high school. His music is a combination of city pop, shibuya-kei, aor, indie pop, and soft rock. Shin is a multiplayer and plays the guitar, bass, drums, and does programming by himself. He is lower key in his musical promotion than previously before. In addition, he has worked on commercials songs, radio jingles, and music provision (RYUTist, Takashi Fujii, Ai Nakajima). Shin also collaborates with Reisaburo Adachi and the band Orangeade (Conte). Recommended.
Youmentbay ユーメントベイ are a creative hip hop, city pop, and soul group based in Shimokitazawaand Tokyo. The members are Yamayaヤマヤ(Gt. Vo) from Iwate Prefecture and Sakuraiサクライfrom Tokyo (Drs. Vo) who met in college. They collaborate, create, and write their own songsmeaning they are a good team together and their music shows. Discography: 1st Mini Album Youmentbay 1-23-2019 1. Night Radio 2. GOOD 3. Cider 4. Holiday 5. HOLIDAY Session 6. 30th 7. T.R.U.E. 8. こんなんでいいわけ？ Youmentbay produce good music and are recommended.
Shin Rizumu シンリズム is an intelligent indie pop-rock singer-songwriter who was born in 1997 and currently is living in Kobe. Shin published music on SoundCloud when he was in high school. His music is a combination of city pop, shibuya-kei, aor, indie pop, and soft rock. He does everything like arrangements and performs many instruments such as Gt, Ba, Key, Dr, Syn, and Trb.
His videos and the group Shishamo were once pulled from You Tube due to You Tube’s RED in 2015 but was reinstated in 2017 because of Faith Music Ent Inc support. You Tube RED is $9.99 a month subscription service to watch You Tube and Google Play Music without ads for the United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand and South Korea Many major labels like Sony Music Japan, Victor Entertainment, Columbia Music Japan, Dream Music, Teichiku, P-Vine, and Pony Canyon are blocked in America by You Tube since 2015. You Tube is playing a game and coercing many Japanese record labels to pay in order to show their music content in America. You Tube needs to play fair in order show all music content for the enjoyment of all music fans.
It’s nice to see Shin maturing and progressing as an artist. He performed at the Rock Fest 16, the Viva La Rock 2016 at Saitama, and Rising Sun Rock Festival 2016. Shin self produced his 1st album called シンリズム NEW RHYTHM 5-20-2015. His 2nd album is called Fun 5-10-2017. My favorite songs: 1.処方箋 2. Superfine 3. Music Life 4. Fun! 5. 春の虹 6. 心理の森. Recommended.
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