Ratboys × T.V. NOT JANUARY Split 7”

2024年1/24〜1/28に来日する Ratboys と T.V. NOT JANUARYによるSplit 7” が先行予約販売開始。

Track List
Ratboys: The New Maria
T.V. NOT JANUARY: 動物たち

シカゴのインディーロックバンド ”Ratboys”と東京のインディーフォークカルテット ”T.V. NOT JANUARY”のスプリット7”EP。今作は、2024年1月に行われるRatboys JAPAN TOURの招聘元であるthe lost boys主宰 ”Shore&Woods Recordings”とRatboysの最新アルバム ”THE WINDOW”をリリースするUSサンディエゴのエモ・インディーロック重要レーベル ”Topshelf Records”との色々アレで友情詰まりまくりな共同リリース作品となります。
最新5thアルバムもアメリカの各メディアにて絶賛されるRatboysは現行のUSインディー・ロック・フォーク・カントリーなどの要素をオリジナリティー大爆発なセンスでエモーショナルに仕上げた”The New Maria”を収録。今作もex-Death Cab for CutieのChris Wallaのプロデュースとなっており、細部まで拘り抜かれた楽曲はジャパンツアーに合わせた作品なんてなんと贅沢でしょうなそれ。
対する前回Ratboys来日時にツワードライバーも務めた本島氏在籍 ”T.V. NOT JANUARY”はおかえり感溢れる優しさダダ漏れな”動物たち”を収録。全員がボーカルをとる混声ジャパニーズフォークなスタイルも相変わらずの唄心抜群で耳にすっと届く最高メロディーも健在すぎる楽曲を提供。
過去10年間の点と点が線で繋がって音も鳴っちゃうよ的な登場人物全員 ”友”みたいな感じの出るべくして出るアナログレコード作品。
Yosuke Sato (DIMWORK, malegoat, Senseless Records)


English
Split 7" by Ratboys and T.V. NOT JANUARY coming to Japan 1/24-1/28/2024 is now available order.

Track List
Ratboys: The New Maria
T.V. NOT JANUARY: 動物たち（animals)

A split 7" EP from Chicago indie rock band "Ratboys" and Tokyo indie folk quartet "T.V. NOT JANUARY". This work is a 7 "EP split between "Ratboys", the lost boys' leader "Shore&Woods Recordings", which is the source of the invitation for Ratboys JAPAN TOUR in January 2024, and Ratboys' latest album "THE WINDOW", which will be released on the same day. The latest 5th album will be a joint release with "Topshelf Records", an important emo/indie rock label in San Diego, U.S.A., which releases "THE WINDOW" album.
Ratboys, whose latest 5th album has been praised by the media in the U.S., has taken elements of current U.S. indie rock, folk, country, and more and made them emotional with a sense of originality and explosion of originality on "The New Maria The New Maria". This album was also produced by Chris Walla (ex-Death Cab for Cutie), and the songs are produced with great care and attention to detail, which is a luxury that the band has chosen for their Japan tour.
On the other hand, "T.V. NOT JANUARY," featuring Mr. Motoshima, who was a tour driver at the last Ratboys' visit to Japan, recorded "Animals," a song that overflows with a sense of welcome home and leaks out a sense of tenderness. The mixed voice Japanese folk style, in which all members take vocals, is still outstanding as ever, and the best melodies that easily reach your ears are still too good to be true.
This is an analog record that was meant to be released, with all the characters sounding like "friends" as they connect the dots of the past 10 years.
Yosuke Sato (DIMWORK, malegoat, Senseless Records)

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