How To Live

[Machine Translation] The first full-length album in about a year was co-produced by Fuyomi Abe and Kaoru Kokoku (from DadaD), and is a new world of Fuyomi Abe created by just the two of them. Unlike her previous folk image, the songs on this album feature songs in which her voice blends in with the heavy bass sounds of Western music. The songs are more forward-focused, not only in terms of Fuyomi Abe's voice, but also in terms of her original sense of sound. Her unique sense of the world of lyrics is still humorous, sometimes sarcastic, and sometimes yearning, but it is not intrusive, which is one of its charms. Although the entire album is only 33 minutes long, each song is rich in content, making it perfectly satisfying. This is an album that you will definitely want to repeat over and over again.

約1年ぶりのフルアルバムは阿部芙蓉美+薫國(from DadaD)との共同プロデュースにして2人のみで作り上げた新しい阿部芙蓉美の世界。以前のフォークのイメージとは違い、洋楽のような重低音に彼女の歌声がとけ込む楽曲が目立つ。阿部芙蓉美の歌声は勿論のこと、本来のサウンドセンスが更にグッと前に出た作品になっている。また彼女の独特の詞の世界感は相変わらずユーモアだったり、時に卑屈だったり、そして憧れをも感じさせるが、おしつけがましくないところが魅力のひとつ。アルバム通して33分ではあるが、1曲1曲が内容濃いので満足度も申しぶんない。何度もリピートしたくなるのは間違いないアルバムになりました。