TOO VIRGIN!!

[Machine Translation] The long-awaited second album by GALLOW, the <another side of POP> unit created by the mastermind of the masked POP band BEAT CRUSADERS, Toru HiDaka, is here! In the 21st century, when not only music but most of our lives have become digitalized, GALLOW has dared to take up the theme of "Neo-Acoustic", and their sound, which incorporates plenty of clean-toned guitars and beautiful melodies, will appeal not only to fans of BEAT CRUSADERS but also to listeners who love UK rock and US indie music. The sound, which includes clean-tone guitars and beautiful melodies, has enough appeal to appeal not only to BEAT CRUSADERS fans but also to listeners who like UK rock and US indie music! Neo-acoustic, guitar pop, soul, bossa nova, etc., etc., while using many fashionable terms, this album is full of extremely sweet pop tunes that could be described as "BEAT CRUSADERS behind the scenes". Like The Smiths, who created a frenzy in recession-stricken Britain in the 1980s, the lyrics are sharp and humorous, and their edgy presence stands out in the midst of Japan's music scene, which is also in a precarious situation. Taking advantage of the now legendary Flipper's Guitar and Shibuya-kei terms, the album is littered with references to all kinds of pop music from the past, and boasts a quality that makes it possible to cut every song as a single. ." The album boasts a single-cut quality of all the songs. The two members (Iwahara and Hidaka), who dared to take the negative aspects of Taro Katoh's departure as a positive, created songs that freely celebrate POP music, as if they had returned to their childhood. It is a miraculous album that will be nostalgic for listeners who lived in the same era and fresh for the kids' generation.

お面のPOPバンド、BEAT CRUSADERS(ビート・クルセイダース)首謀者ヒダカトオルが、その存分な音楽知識を総動員して繰り出す<アナザー・サイド・オブ・POP>ユニット、GALLOW(ガロウ)待望の2ndアルバムが登場です!音楽のみならず生活のほとんどがデジタル化する21世紀・・・そんな時代に、あえて「ネオ・アコースティック」というテーマを掲げ、クリーン・トーンのギターと美メロをふんだんに盛り込んだサウンドは、BEAT CRUSADERSのファンは勿論、UKロック、USインディー好きなリスナーにもアピールする魅力を充分に発揮!ネオアコ、ギターPOP、ソウル、ボサノバ、etc・・・お洒落なタームを多用しながら、「裏BEAT CRUSADERS」とも言える激スウィートなPOPチューン満載です。不況にあえいだ80年代のイギリスに熱狂を起こしたザ・スミスのように、時代を鋭くえぐる毒っ気とユーモアたっぷりなリリックも健在で、同じく不安な状況を呈するここ日本の音楽シーンの中で、エッジィな存在感を際立たせます。今や伝説となったフリッパーズ・ギターや渋谷系というタームを逆手に取って、過去のあらゆるPOPミュージックの引用をそこここに散りばめ、全曲シングル・カット可能なクオリティを誇る本作『TOO VIRGIN!!』。カトウタロウ脱退というマイナスをあえてポジティブに捉えて楽曲を制作した2人(イワハラとヒダカ)が、童心に帰ったかのように自由にPOPを謳歌する本作。同時代を生きたリスナーには懐かしく、キッズ世代にはフレッシュに響く奇跡のようなアルバムです。