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CRUNCH『てんきあめ』(Tenkiame)

1stフルアルバム『てんきあめ』を2017年11月22日(水)にリリースします。
(English press release below)


CRUNCH『てんきあめ』

発売日:2017年11月22日(水)
フォーマット:CDアルバム
価格:¥2,000(税抜)
品番:DQC-1590
レーベル:THANKS GIVING
販売:SPACE SHOWER MUSIC

収録曲
1. Simple Mind
2. Blue
3. 通り雨
4. Holiday
5. 人魚と海
6. ウタカタ
7. Sunny
8. 君からの合図
9. Eternal

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リードトラック「Blue」のMVです。





「心の天気雨のなかで、哀しいけどウェットではない、カラッとしている、そんな気持ちを表現したアルバムです」(CRUNCHギター/ボーカル:堀田倫代)



【リリースイベント】
CRUNCH 1st Album Release Party

2017年12月10日(日)
名古屋 K・D ハポン「VAR Japan tour 2017」
with VAR (From Iceland)my young animal

2018年2月3日(土)
吉祥寺ichibee「Sunday Monday」



[About CRUNCH first LP “Tenkiame”]

Release Date:22th November 2017
Format:CD
Price:¥2,000(tax out)
Number:DQC-1590
Label:THANKS GIVING
Distribution:SPACE SHOWER MUSIC

Track List
1.Simple Mind 2. Blue / 3. Tooriame / 4. Holiday / 5. Mermaid in the Sea/ 6. Utakata/ 7. Sunny /8. Signal / 9. Eternal


Their dreamy pop sound might remind us of Lorde or TOPS. And you might remember The Wake or The Durutti Column when you listen her fragile guitar play. Furthermore, their innocent vocal harmony would bring us to a forgotten paradise once all we were in our childhood.

Produced by Masahiro Araki(Fredricson), Three-piece all-female outfit CRUNCH absorbed 90’s alternative rock and J-POP essences to make their 1st LP which expresses various emotions and landscapes from a unique viewpoint of women.

In spite of the Japanese lyrics, their songs are fascinating music media around the world by friendly melody and solid songwriting.  It seems that their own “indie-pop style” suggests a different way for Japanese indie music scene where AOR / Yacht Rock revival is continuing.


[CRUNCH Profile]
"The best band we have played with on tour." by Josh Burgess (Yumi Zouma)
"Hopefully the pop world still has a little place for them." by Ian F Martin (Japan Times)
"Embraces melancholy in true indie-pop style." by Patrick St. Michel (Pitchfork)

CRUNCH is a three-piece all-female outfit from Nagoya, Japan. They are often referred to as post-punk / new wave group like NEW ORDER, but also inspired by all the music of the good old days like Burt Bacharach .

Besides, their music’s emotion would remind us of legendary Japanese pops such as Happy End or Yumi “Yuming” Arai. Their style is very unique, ambivalent, but at same time, has attractive musicality.

In 2016, Their EP "blue blue blue" was featured on several music media around the world. For example, it was reviewed on “The Japan Times” by Patrick St. Michel who contributes for Pitchfork. Global music media beehype praised it by selecting for their “Best Albums of 2016”.  So far, CRUNCH performed with great musicians, like Yumi Zouma, Shugo Tokumaru, D.A.N., never young beach, For Tracy Hyde, cattle etc.

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