遠藤ミチロウ - I. MY. ME/AMAMI

I. MY. ME/AMAMI is a solo album by the legendary 遠藤ミチロウ. this album has very little to do with his work with The Stalin. all of the music here is on an acoustic guitar, and it sounds like something 友川かずき would do.

this album features the song (なれの果て) that 戸川純 covered for the tribute album to ミチロウ in 2010. 純's "cover" of it is better, honestly, but i'm biased.

download this now. it's beautiful.


1. 早すぎた父親
2. フェミニスト
3. なれの果て
4. オデッセイ2005 SEX
5. I. MY. ME/AMAMI
6. 海辺のバナナ
7. 蛹化の女
8. 我自由丸


ENJOY

something you should know

Togawa Jun is apparently back in business, or at least was in the studio recently; she is responsible for a "cover" of カノン (or 蛹化の女) by Michiro Endo from the recent (it came out eleven days ago, i think) tribute album to The Stalin and Michiro Endo, titled ROMANTIST. i use quotation marks around the word cover, because this is actually a cover of a cover. the song that Endo was covering was originally from Togawa's 1984 album 玉姫様. so, in essence, Togawa is simply redoing one of her older songs.

i was almost completely turned off this album after hearing DIR EN GREY's god awful cover of ワルシャワの幻想. i don't hate DIR EN GREY. i do hate this cover. so, i guess what i'm saying is that it's a miracle that i heard this breathtaking cover that Togawa Jun so masterfully performs.

more important than this single song, though, is the possible promise of a new album from the queen of avant-garde pop herself. it's been a good six years since Togawa Legend came out. i think we're all about ready for a new album by now. let's cross our fingers and hope this is a sign of things to come.