Beautiful Days

[Machine Translation] OLEDICKFOGGY's eighth full-length album in two years. The album marks the beginning of "OLEDICKFOGGY's third chapter," with a total of 12 songs, the first album by the five-member group. First of all, it is noteworthy that in "Document 20min. / Futari no, Endless Night" broadcast on NHK Sogo in January 2025, Yuwa Ito (vocals) dedicated a song to his mentor, Kenta Nishimura (Akutagawa Prize winning author), which has been updated as an overwhelming rock band sound, and released as a new album titled "Beautiful Days". It will be the first time for the band to record a new song titled "Beautiful Days". It is also noteworthy that a cover of "Beyond the White Silver", a classic song by 16TONS, which has had a great influence on the band as a piece of their sound roots, will also be included on the album. All five members of the band participated in the creation of this album as composers of their own songs. In addition, SUZZY (Guitar) has participated in two songs as a lyricist for the first time in OLEDICKFOGGY's music, making this album a gem of a masterpiece with a more diverse "sound image" than their previous works.

OLEDICKFOGGYが2年ぶりに放つ8枚目のフル・アルバム。"OLEDICKFOGGY第3章"の幕開けを告げる、5人編成となった彼らが提示する初作品全12曲。まず、注目すべき点は2025年1月NHK総合にて放送された『ドキュメント20min. / ふたりの、終われない夜』の中で、伊藤雄和 (Vo.)が師と仰ぐ西村賢太氏 (芥川賞作家)に捧げた楽曲が、圧倒的なロックバンド・サウンドとしてアップデートされ、「ビューティフルデイズ」という新曲として初めて収録されることであろう。また、彼らのサウンド・ルーツの一片として多大なる影響を与え続けてきた16TONSの名曲「白銀を越えて」もカヴァー収録されることも注目点である。そして、今回のアルバムではメンバー5人全員が、各々の楽曲作曲者として創作参加。さらにSUZZY (Guitar)はOLEDICKFOGGYの楽曲で初めて作詞者としても2曲参加し、今までの作品以上に多彩なる"音像"が作品全体にうごめく、珠玉の傑作となった。