the City [Limited Release]

[Machine Translation] Sunny Day Service has been in a completely new mode since 2016's "Dance to You," when the group's sharpness and excesses surpassed those of its '90s heyday. Following the release of "Popcorn Ballads" in 2017, which was a guerrilla release that caused a sensation, Sunny Day Service has now completed a new album. The 18-song album opens with "Love Song 2," a mad soul number with a sweet auto-tune vocalist singing a curse on the world. The album is a beautiful and tortured world that seems to have been turned upside down in the mind of songwriter Keiichi Sogabe, with a mix of pop songs that show a devastating madness and Sunny Day-style blue rock numbers that weave a unique groove. The addition of Shohei Takagi of cero, MARIA of SIMI LAB, and Masaya Nakahara of HAIR STYLISTICS adds to the chaos. Confusion and bewilderment. It is hard for anyone to believe that this is a new Sunny Day album. According to Sogabe, the original theme of the album was "the destruction of Sunny Day. What kind of landscape will Sunny Day Service's journey, which continued from "Dance to You" and "Popcorn Ballads," take them? What kind of form will the destroyed band take to regenerate itself? This is a 2-CD analog set.

完全にニューモードに入り'90年代の最盛期を凌ぐ鋭さと過剰さを手に入れた2016年『DANCE TO YOU』以降のサニーデイ・サービス。ゲリラ的配信リリースで話題をさらった2017年『Popcorn Ballads』に続き新作を完成。世界への呪詛を甘いオートチューンヴォーカルが歌うマッドなソウルナンバー「ラブソング2」で幕を開ける全18曲。破滅的狂おしさを見せるポップソングから、唯一無二のグルーヴを紡ぐサニーデイ流の青いロックナンバーまでが混在する、ソングライター曽我部恵一の脳内をひっくり返したような、いびつで美しい世界。さらにceroの高城晶平、SIMI LABのMARIA、HAIR STYLISTICS中原昌也らが加わり、混沌に拍車をかける。混乱と困惑。だれもがこれがサニーデイの新作だとはにわかには信じ難い今作。曽我部曰く当初のテーマは「サニーデイの破壊」だったと言う。『DANCE TO YOU』、『Popcorn Ballads』から続くサニーデイ・サービスの旅はどのような風景へたどり着くのか。破壊されたバンドは、どんな姿で再生するのか。その動向に刮目していただきたい。2枚組アナログ盤。