Fukanzen Karute

[Machine Translation] The mother's booth's long-awaited second single, "Passing Today, Don't Forget", is a gem of a pop tune/heartbreaking guitar rock/ephemeral yet powerful lyrics/wistful yet warm song. The lead track, "Fukketsu Karte" expresses the love and emptiness of the passing time with a fast-paced sound, and the summer song "Summer Escape" and the medium ballad "halfway" composed by Kaori are included. In 2012, I met a young up-and-coming bassist, Masumu Hidaka, who has been attracting attention with instrumental bands such as LUCA and MR.FUSION. To my surprise, he had also started a female vocal band called the mother's booth. When I saw the live performance, I found that he was playing melodious rock music, as he likes pop and catchy music. And while there are plenty of popular female vocal bands out there, the mother's booth had something unique that grabbed my heart even as a 40-something year old. This something may be due to the fact that Kaori, the red-hot vocalist and guitarist, sings with a punch that you would never guess from her lovely looks, and she has already established a unique style with songs such as "Losing Means," "Astoria's Scale," "DID ENOUGH," and many more. The first thing that can be said is that the lyrics, which have already established a unique style, had a great impact on the audience. The music scene is becoming increasingly fragmented, and even elements that seem to be far removed from popular culture are nowadays considered interesting. It is a good thing that values that are not bound by stereotypes have become more prevalent in the music culture, and although the significance of the hit charts that disappear after the first week of release has diminished, the era in which people listen to the music they like, regardless of whether it is major or indie, is not a bad thing. The mother's booth is a band in which Kaori has devoted herself to pursuing a new style of lyrics that has never existed before, and the members, led by drummer and leader Hiro, sing the songs they compose in a very standardized manner. The band sings songs composed by the members, led by drummer and leader Hiro, in an extremely standardized manner. While each member of the band possesses outstanding performance skills, they never try to be eccentric, but rather play middle-of-the-road. Kaori's lyrics are suitable for men and women of all ages.

『過ぎ去って行く今日を、忘れないで』珠玉のポップチューン/心に響くギターロック/儚くも力強い歌詞/切なくも温かい歌the mother's booth待望の2ndシングル。過ぎ去る時間の愛しさや虚しさを疾走感溢れるサウンドで表現したリードトラック「不完全カルテ」他、夏ソング「サマーエスケープ」やvo.香織作曲のミディアムバラード「halfway」等、全4曲入り。■REVIEW(音楽雑誌「Player」副編集長 北村和孝氏より推薦状)2012年、LUCAやMR.FUSIONなどのインストバンドで注目を集めている若手の新進ベーシスト、 日高真夢と出逢った。そのときに驚いたのはその彼がthe mother's boothという女性ヴォーカル・バンドも立ち上げたこと。ライブを観たら、ポップでキャッチーなものが好きという彼ならではの、メロディアスなロックを披露している。しかも、ポピュラリティのある女性ヴォーカル・バンドならいくらでもいるわけだが、the mother's boothには40代の僕の胸をも鷲づかみにする、独特な何かがあるのが鮮烈だった。その何かは紅一点のヴォーカル&ギター、香織の愛らしいルックスからは想像つかないようなパンチのある歌いっぷりに起因しているのかもしれないし、「Losing Means」「アストライアの秤」「DID ENOUGH」etc...、すでに唯一無二のスタイルを確立している歌詞の世界がインパクトたっぷりだったのはまず言えることである。音楽シーンの細分化が進んで、一見ポピュラリティとはかけ離れているような要素でさえも面白がられる昨今だ。固定観念に捕らわれない価値観が音楽文化により浸透していったのは良いことだし、発売初週で姿を消すばかりのヒットチャートに存在意義は薄れたが、メジャー/インディ関係なく、各々が好きな音楽を聴くという時代は決して悪くはない。ただしその反面、何処か音楽が消費物として化しているような風潮を感じる。the mother's boothは香織が身を削り、従来にはない新たなかたちの歌詞のスタイルを追求して、ドラマーでありリーダーのヒロを筆頭とするメンバーが作曲した楽曲を極めてスタンダードに歌い上げるバンドだ。個々が卓越した演奏技術を擁しつつも、決して奇をてらうのではなくてミドル・オブ・ザ・ロードで勝負している。香織の歌詞には老若男女