across the world

[Machine Translation] It has been about a year since the release of their first single, and the album contains six songs carefully selected from the many masterpieces that have been produced in that time. THE STRANGE RASCAL, a new generation of "post-heavy rock," has finally made its national debut with this album. The album contains six songs, including "across," "against (the wind)," "key of words," which expresses not only heavy and intense but also melancholy fragility, and the endlessly fantastic "meno p." The ethereal sound of the songs is filled with sentimentality and a sense of nostalgia. The ethereal music is sentimental and mysterious, yet beautiful. The contrast between the stillness and movement of the melancholy, emotional vocals over a thick core of heavy instruments is pleasant. The band was formed in May 2008 by the current members with leader OZ at the center. The band is made up of the heavy rhythm section of ABE and MITSU, the down-tuned and intense riffs of OZ and Kudai, and the songs of Yasuomi, who is able to penetrate through the roaring sound. The band's music, which they describe as "post-heavy rock," is filled with melodies that draw the listener in with lyrics written entirely in Japanese and a sense of melancholy and fragility amidst the energy of the music.

1st Singleの発売から約1年、その間に生み出された数ある珠玉の名曲から厳選された6曲を収録。「ポストヘヴィロック」の文字通り、新世代を担うTHE STRANGE RASCALが今作で遂に全国デビュー。壮大さの中に希望をも見出せる「across」「against (the wind)」重く激しいだけではない憂い儚さを表現した「言葉の鍵」どこまでも幻想的な「meno p」をはじめてとする6曲を収録。その幽玄な調べは感傷的で怪しく、しかし美しい。芯が太く重厚な楽器隊に乗せた哀愁漂うエモーショナルなボーカルの静と動のコントラストが心地好い。ライヴでも定番のアップテンポな曲と繊細で気宇壮大なミディアムバラードのバランスが素晴らしく、「伝える」ということにストイックな彼らの渾身の1枚になっている。2008年5月、リーダーOZを中心に現メンバーで結成。重厚なABEとMITSUのリズム隊に、ダウンチューニングから放たれるOZと広大の激しいリフ、その轟音に負けじと突き抜けるyasuomiの歌がこのバンドを形成している。「ポストヘヴィロック」を自ら掲げ、勢いの中にも憂いや儚さをも感じさせる楽曲に全て日本語で綴られた歌詞と心を引き込むメロディーを乗せ、聴く者を魅了し続けている。