EPIC DAY
| EPIC DAY | ||||
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| Studio album by B'z | ||||
| Released | TBA | |||
| Recorded | Late 2014-Early 2015 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | TBA | |||
| Label | Vermillion Records | |||
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto | |||
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| Singles from EPIC DAY | ||||
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EPIC DAY is the nineteenth studio album by B'z, set to be released in 2015. It will be supported by B'z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT-.
Production and information
Following their year-long festivities for their 25th anniversary in 2013, the band took a break from B'z activities following the B'z Special LIVE at EX THEATER ROPPONGI show on November 30, 2013. This hiatus afforded the individual members time to dedicate to solo activities. Tak would go on to release his tenth studio album New Horizon in April and followed it up with his first true solo tour, Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2014 -New Horizon-, from May to June. Meanwhile, Koshi released three digital exclusive singles leading up to his fifth studio album, Singing Bird, in May. A special live engagement entitled Koshi Inaba LIVE 2014 ~en-ball~ saw ten shows all played at Shinagawa Stellar Ball over a period of two weeks.
The title of the album was first publicly revealed in various morning newspapers across Japan on December 3, 2014. Along with mentioning the title EPIC DAY, the spread unveiled lead single "Uchouten" along with its release date and the details of its two editions.
On January 16, it was revealed that a new song, "Amari ni mo", would serve as the theme to a pair of commercials for H.I.S, a travel company based out of Japan.
Track listing
All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. All lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba.
Actual track order is currently unannounced. Tracks listed below are those thus far revealed for the album.
- Uchouten — Ecstasy, 有頂天
- File:s51 01.ogg The band's first single in nearly three years, "Uchouten" is a hard rock song designed to work well in a live setting with several call-and-response moments, priming it as a crowd pleaser. Koshi described it in the band's 2015 New Year's message as the "first new explosion of B'z sound in a long while" due to the hiatus between releases. The composition includes a bass solo prior to the guitar's and sports an arrangement that utilizes both acoustic and electric guitar work at alternating intervals. On the lyrics front, Koshi mentioned in a press release for Gakkou no Kaidan—a school-centric drama series for which the song served as a theme—that he focused on the themes of "confidence and insecurity, happiness and sadness" and added, "This song is about cheering oneself up and trying to move on, while embracing these two conflicting feelings."
- Exit to the SUN
- NO EXCUSE
- Amari ni mo — Too Much, アマリニモ
Personnel
B'z
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
- Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement
Support Members
Production