Introducing Zee Avi

Music Post!

Zee Avi is the name of a rising female artist that’s quite a talent. I first heard of Zee’s debut song ‘Bitter Heart‘ on local radio fairly recently and totally love it.

Hanasakeru Seishounen’s OP/ED Single – Change/One by J-Min

Music Post!

Here’s another new single release and it’s from J-Min. The double A-side CD features the intro and outro themes to TV anime “Hanasakeru Seishounen” (花咲ける青少年).

Abingdon Boys School – JAP [PV]

Music Video!

It’s the promotional music video for Abingdon Boys School’s latest song ‘JAP’ which is also the intro theme for TV anime ‘Sengoku Basara’. The single is due out later this month.

Love the guitar solo break. Takanori Nishikawa looks and sounds great too!

School Food Punishment – Futuristic Imagination [PV]

Music Video!

School Food Punishment’s promotional music video of their upcoming Single ‘Futuristic Imagination‘, the outro theme song for Higashi no Eden (Eden of the East).

SID’s USO PV & Lyrics

嘘- シド SID’s USO PV

I simply love the song and I like SID too but hmmm…Mao is so ‘girlish’ in the video. And yes, Uso is also FMA-Brotherhood’s first ED theme. I like how the lyrics of the song reflects the Elric brothers’ situation.  SID’s single for this song is expected to be out later this month, on the 29th to be exact.

Callin’ (高鈴) – Aishiteru 愛してる PV + Lyrics

Quick Post!

What’s this?! Looks like I’m on a music video hunt today.

I haven’t got Callin’s album yet but it’s already released. I’ll definitely review it on this blog when it’s available to me. The album is called ‘Hibi no Uta’ and it features the full ED song ‘Aishiteru’ for TV anime ‘Zoku Natsume Yuujin-chou. I found the song’s PV on Youtube and the full version is really lovely in a warm fuzzy way just like the anime that features it as the ED. The singer’s voice is amazing. I especially love the refrain part nearing the end.

The video ain’t much but the song is simply beautiful, imo.

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Updated [May 02, 2009]: LYRICS by request

Source: Gendou

Note: Quite a number of people have been requesting for the lyrics to this song. I finally found them. I don’t know how accurate is the English translation as I don’t have time to verify them but ya, you guys can check it out yourselves.

Song Title: 愛してる Aishiteru
Artist: 高鈴 Callin’

Lyrics – Kanji version

ねぇ　もう少しだけ
もう少しだけ聞いていてほしい
ねぇ　もう少しだけ
もう少しだけわがままいいですか？

手にいれた途端に消えてしまいそう
言葉をくれませんか？

『愛している　愛している　世界が終わるまで』
馬鹿げてると笑いながら　口に出してみて
愛している
そんなことが簡単には出来なくて
上手く愛せるようにと
あの空に祈っている

ねぇ　知りたくても
知り尽くせないことばかりで
だから　１つにならない２つの体を
精一杯　抱きしめた

あなたがいるそれだけで　もう世界が変わってしまう
モノトーンの景色が　ほら鮮やかに映る
いつの間にか離れていた　手をつないで歩いてく
上手く愛せているかなぁ
あの空に聞いてみるの

いつか離ればなれになる日がきても
あなたを想った日々があればそれでいい
いつか離れた意味を知る日が来るよ
約束するから　明日へ

『愛している　愛している　世界が終わるまで』
馬鹿げてると笑いながら　口に出してみて
愛している
そんなことが簡単には出来なくて
上手く愛せるようにと
あの空に祈っている

あの空に祈っている

See Page 2 for: Lyrics in Romaji and English
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See also:

Album Review – Callin’s Hibi no Uta

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Yuna Ito’s Trust You PV

Quick Post!

Yuna Ito’s Trust You PV is now out on rotation too…prior to the actual single release on Mar 4th, 2009. Watch the video if you want to check out how the full song sounds like. I kind of agree with those who said that the song’s meaning works well in the context of the relationships that’s playing out in Gundam 00 S2. The TV-sized version is just perfect for the ED animation sequence. The full version of the song though still beautiful, lose a little of the impact the anime version had. Yuna’s impressive and emotive vocals is the main strength for the song.

Check out Yuna’s Trust You PV here:

Kousuke Atari’s Koi PV

Quick Post!

The PV for Kousuke Atari’s new song ‘Koi’ is out on rotation already. First time I heard the TV cut of the song, I thought it sounded somewhat similar to ‘Natsu Yuuzora’ especially bits of the melody on the starting verse. But getting to hear the full song from the PV, it’s much better than the shorter TV-sized version. I still think ‘Natsu Yuuzora’ is the better song. In case you’re wondering what TV anime features this song, let me tell you that it’s the ending theme for ‘Genji Monogatari Sennenki’, a series which I’m currently following. The actual ED single is slated to be out on Mar-11, 2009.

Meanwhile, watch the PV and listen to the song here:

UVERworld’s Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi PV

UVERworld’s latest single will be released on the 19th of this month and their official PV is already playing everywhere on the music channels.  If you’re a fan and haven’t yet caught it, here it is.

flumpool’s Hana ni Nare PV

Relative newcomers to the J-music scene, 4-piece band flumpool’s forthcoming EP titled ‘Unreal’ is expected to be out on 19-Nov-2008. Their first major label mini album will include 8 vocal tracks and 2 instrumental tracks. ‘Hana ni Nare’ is the lead off single from the EP which was just released recently. Preview the single here.  I love the song. The strings accompaniment sounds really good.  More info on the EP is listed below.

And this is the PV for Hana ni Nare. Enjoy!