rutsubo

[Machine Translation] I'm sorry for being so clumsy! I want to go around apologizing to all kinds of people for being such clumsy people. It was in March 2012 that paionia burst onto the scene with their shocking masterpiece "Honesty," a song that cries out in the end of a blue conflict and self-questioning (I want to sing an honest song) that only an active university student could have imagined. However, despite our excitement and anticipation, they soon entered a long period of hesitation. Oze Matsushima (drums & chorus) became a support member due to employment, and for a while they played shows with a different drummer, only to return as an official member. When the three of us tried to move forward again, there was a time when we felt lost musically due to a lack of confidence, and we were not able to deliver what we wanted to say at the right moment at a live show, causing the audience to be turned off. I even feared that the title of their first mini-album, "Sayonara Pioneer," would become a joke. I was even afraid that the title of their first mini-album, "Sayonara Pioneer," would become a joke. However, they have been moving forward little by little, struggling clumsily, and it is precisely because of this that they were able to create this new eight-song album, "rutsubo. The album opens with "boredom," a session number that shows paionia's dynamism as a three-piece band and their pride as a rock band. (After "paionia in Rutsubo," which lightly plays the major theme of "We don't know what's going on, but we have to fight to tell the truth today," "Stage" reveals the reality of being in the midst of a dream of becoming a musician after graduating from college. In "paionia in Rutsubo", he spit out the reality of his dream of becoming a musician after graduating from college. The album also includes "Tokyo," one of paionia's most popular songs, which has been performed live for many years. Although there are many great songs with the title "Tokyo," the band experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake in their hometown of Fukushima, and wrote this song in the midst of their life back in Tokyo, feeling the shock, disappointment, and disappointment that had overturned their entire life up to that point. The songs "Natural Born Lover," in which they repeat "I want to be born from you, I want to be born from you, I want to be born from you," are innocent and charming, and "Girls," with its lyrics that are tongue-in-cheek but cheerful chorus work, are among the new attractions of this album. Incidentally, the songwriter Yusei Takahashi (guitar & vocals) is a bit of a pain in the ass.

ほんと不器用な奴らですみません!!」ーーそう言って色んな人に詫びてまわりたいくらいだ。現役大学生ならではの身も蓋もない蒼き葛藤と自問自答の末に〈素直な歌が歌いたい〉と叫ぶ衝撃的名曲「素直」を携えて、paioniaがシーンに登場したのが2012年3月のこと。しかし、そのシビれるような興奮を得た我々の期待をよそに彼らはすぐさま長い迷いの時期に突入してしまう。尾瀬松島(ドラム&コーラス)が就職の為にサポートメンバーになり、しばらくは別のドラマーを入れてライヴをすることもあったり、やっぱり正式メンバーに戻るというドタバタ劇があったり。いざ再び3人で前に進もうとするも、自信の無さから音楽的にも迷いが生じた時期もあったし、ライヴのMCでもここぞという時に伝えたいことが伝えられなくて観客をドン引きさせてしまったりと、もう全方位的に不器用さ全開。ファーストミニアルバムの『さようならパイオニア』というタイトルがシャレにならなくなっちまうんじゃないか!?という危惧すらあった。しかし、不器用ながらにもがきながら少しずつ前に進んできた彼らだからこそ作れた8曲入りの新作が、この『rutsubo』なのである。今作はpaioniaのスリーピース・バンドとしてのダイナミズムとロックバンドとしての誇りを感じさせるセッション・ナンバー「boredom」から幕を開ける。〈何が何だか分からない 僕たちは今日も本当のことを言うために/戦うはめになる〉という大きなテーマを軽快に鳴らす「paionia in Rutsubo」を経て、「ステージ」では大学を卒業してミュージシャンになったという夢のまっただ中にいながらもその現実をまざまざと吐き出した。そして以前からライヴで大切に演奏されてきた今のpaioniaの代表曲のひとつでもある「東京」も収録されている。「東京」というタイトルの名曲は数あれど、彼らは故郷の福島で東日本大震災を経験し、それまでの人生を覆されるような衝撃と失望とやるせなさを東京に戻った生活の中で書き上げた。かと思いきや〈君から生まれたい生まれたい〉と繰り返す「Natural Born Lover」みたいな無邪気でチャーミングな楽曲や、歌詞では毒づきながらも明るいコーラス・ワークで朗らかに仕上がった「女の子たち」あたりも新たな魅力のひとつ。ちなみに楽曲を手がける高橋勇成(ギター&ボーカル)のやっかいな