Liquid City

[Machine Translation] showmore" is a unit of vocalist Manami Nezu and keyboardist/producer Atsushi Inoue, whose music video for the song "circus" released in 2017 became a hot topic with over 8 million views on YouTube despite being non-promotional. The talented unit, which has released three albums to date, has established a unique position with its emotional poetry, one-of-a-kind Jazz and R&B-based pop, and tough live performances with a wide range of arrangements, and is now releasing its long-awaited 4th album, its first in three years. The album features a melancholic summer tune "summer magic" featuring Peggy Dol (now Shu) from the up-and-coming band ego apartment, as well as a total of 10 newly written songs. The album is even more solid and danceable than its predecessor, and features a team of up-and-coming producers such as A.G.O, Mori Zentaro (Soulflex), and Goro Kumai. Set in a city that is as fluid as a liquid and where various emotions swirl, the album depicts irreversible time and complex human relationships, gently enveloping the listener and awakening invisible waves in the heart, and is a condensed version of showmore's "now.

2017年にリリースした楽曲「circus」のMVがノンプロモーションにもかかわらずYouTubeで800万回再生を超え一躍話題となった、ヴォーカリスト根津まなみとキーボーディスト/プロデューサー井上惇志の2人によるユニット"showmore"。これまでに3枚のアルバムをリリースしており、エモーショナルな詩世界とJazzやR&Bをベースにした唯一無二のポップネス、幅広いアレンジで魅せるタフなライブで独自の立ち位置を確立する実力派ユニットが3年ぶりとなる待望の4th Albumをリリースする。本作では気鋭のバンドego apartmentからPeggy Dol (現・Shu)を迎えたメランコリックなサマーチューン「summer magic」のほか、新たに書き下ろした新曲を中心とした全10曲を収録。A.G.OやMori Zentaro (Soulflex), 熊井吾郎など気鋭のプロデューサーともタッグを組みつつ、前作よりさらにソリッドでダンサブルとなった意欲作。液体のように流動的でさまざまな感情がうごめく都市を舞台に、不可逆な時間や複雑な人間関係を描き、聴く者を優しく包みながら、心の中にある見えない波を呼び覚ます、showmoreの「今」が凝縮された一枚。