uminecosounds Brings Autumn Early with Upcoming Album!

Four-member rock band uminecosounds announced that they will be releasing a brand new album, 味噌 (Miso) on May 27th. This will be the latest release done by the band since their album masala back in July of 2014 and will be their third album overall. No other news to report about the album at this time except that it will contain eleven tracks and will feature hit songs “春はまだかい” (“Haru wa Madakai”) and “平常心” (“Heijyoshin”). To build up hype for the release, uminecosounds released their track “赤くなる” (“Akakunaru”) on their official YouTube channel. 

Check out the music video for “Akakunaru” along with the pre-order links for Miso below!

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uminecosounds「Miso」

01. 春はまだかい

02. 平常心

03. 赤くなる

04. 花畑～腸のテーマ～

05. ひかりの泡

06. 雪かき

07. 苔のように

08. 何も変わらない

09. ねばねば

10. 梅干し

11. 湯船

Pour Lui Debuts New Idol Group

Pour Lui, a singer who previously worked with girl idol groups BiS and Billie Idle, finally revealed her brand new idol group. The group is called PIGGS and it is a five-member girl group whose members consist of Pour Lui, CHIYO-P, SHELLME, UMI, and BAN-BAN. Pour Lui, while being a member of the group, is also acting as one of their producers. They revealed that their debut album will be released July 1 but no details have been disclosed except for information regarding one song that will be on the album. The new song is titled “KICKS” and it has already been released on YouTube; check it out below. 

Necry Talkie talks about the up and downs in life with Tsurezure tribute song!

Popular band Necry Talkie dropped the music video for their track “波のある生活” (“Nami no Are Seikatsu”) on their official YouTube channel. A part of popular beverage maker Suntory Tsurezure’s Tribute campaign, Necry Talkie joins other popular artists Fredricks, tofubeats, and Saucy Dog to ponder how one would conceptualize the idea of “being oneself”; the concept of this idea must be taken from the famous book Tsurezuregusa. Necry Talkie crafted the lyrics and feel of “Nami no Aru Seikatsu” from story 243, whose theme revolves around the sigma of children being praised for asking the more honest questions while adults practicing the same thing results in the exact opposite—being chastised. With “Nami no Aru Seikatsu”, Necry Talkie’s unique and atmospheric compositions possess such a complex theme of the passage that they have chosen and made them into a more inspirational track. The music video also has the band hanging out with a child in the middle of moving, and while the child looks sad and conflicted regarding the idea of moving, she finally comes to accept it.

No word on whether or not “Nami no Aru Seikatsu” will have a physical release or not, but one might think that it will wash on up in a future release later down the line. In the meantime, check out the music video for “Nami no Aru Seikatsu” below!

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.