Tetsuya Kakihara releases a new mini-album, VS AMBIVALENZ and Unknown Order make their debuts, EROSION kicks off its solo CD series, this and more this Christmas week.
Welcome to another installment of Out this Week.
What is out this week? We guide you below so you don’t miss a thing.
These are the key releases for this week:
- AUTUMN TROUPE “A3! SUNNY AUTUMN EP“
- CREHA “EROSION with YOU from CARNELIAN BLOOD Vol.1 CREHA“
- VS AMBIVALENZ “Go My Own Way“
- Lagrange Point “Pythagoras Production Shining Stage Vol.3 Lagrange Point“
- Kashicomi “fight, fire with fire/ Kimi ni Utau Refrain“
- Fantôme Iris “Pierrot“
- RUBIA Leopard “DIG-ROCK －BREAK TIME in NY－ Type：RL”
- Impish Crow “DIG-ROCK －BREAK TIME in NY－ Type：IC”
- unknown order “Sunrise“
- Hyorotto Danshi “Hyorotto Collection“
- Readyyy! Project “RE:motion“
- Readyyy! Project “Readyyy! Album vol.5“
- Tetsuya Kakihara “DON’T LET MI KNOW“
- Issa Kiduku “ruby×diamond”
- Growth “Eisei no Sylvis”
- QUELL “Boku o Sasou Koe”
- Naozumi Takahashi “jive and juke”
Check the video version of this article below!
December 21, 2021 (Tuesday)
AUTUMN TROUPE “A3! SUNNY AUTUMN EP”
Title: A3! SUNNY AUTUMN EP Label: Pony Canyon Music genre: Pop-Rock
The Autumn Troupe steps in with an entry in the ongoing “SUNNY EP” series in the A3! franchise.
“SUNNY AUTUMN EP“ includes solo tracks by Banri, Juza, Sakyo, Omi, Taichi, and Azami as well as its respective instrumental tracks.
December 22, 2021 (Wednesday)
CREHA “EROSION with YOU from CARNELIAN BLOOD Vol.1 CREHA”
Title: EROSION with YOU from CARNELIAN BLOOD Vol.1 CREHA Label: Rejet Music genre: Rock
EROSION kicks off its 1st solo CD series.
The first member up is CREHA (CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga) with “EROSION with YOU from CARNELIAN BLOOD Vol.1 CREHA“.
In this series, all CDs include a new EROSION song, a solo track for the member featured in that specific CD as well as a one-on-one drama CD with you, the listener.
VS AMBIVALENZ “Go My Own Way”
Title: Go My Own Way Label: VS AMBIVALENZ Project Music genre: Pop
VS AMBIVALENZ releases its debut single “Go My Own Way” this week.
The single counts with vocals by Shintaro Asanuma, Tasuku Hatanaka, Reiou Tsuchida, Chiaki Kobayashi, Makoto Furukawa, Kengo Kawanishi and Ayumu Murase.
Lagrange Point “Pythagoras Production Shining Stage Vol.3 Lagrange Point”
Title: Pythagoras Production Shining Stage Vol.3 Lagrange Point Label: Rejet Music genre: Pop
Lagrange Point is back with a new single, an entry in the ongoing CD series in the Pythagoras production titled Shining Stage.
“Pythagoras Production Shining Stage Vol.3 Lagrange Point” includes 2 new songs as well as drama tracks.
Kashicomi “fight, fire with fire/ Kimi ni Utau Refrain”
Title: fight, fire with fire/ Kimi ni Utau Refrain Label: Marine Entertainment Music genre: Pop-Rock
One year since the release of their stellar mini-album “Dusk”, Kashicomi, group consisting of Sho Nogami and Shoya Chiba, is back with new music.
The duo’s new single is titled “fight, fire with fire/ Kimi ni Utau Refrain” and it counts not only with 2 original songs but also a cover of Aqua Timez’s “Niji”.
Fantôme Iris “Pierrot”
Title: Pierrot Label: Bushiroad Music genre: Visual-Kei Rock
Spreading the charms of visual-kei rock is Fantôme Iris. The rock band fronted by Arthur Lounsbery releases a new single titled “Pierrot” this week.
The single includes as well the songs “Into the Flame” and “Spooky Halloween Night”.
RUBIA Leopard “DIG-ROCK －BREAK TIME in NY－ Type：RL”
Title: DIG-ROCK －BREAK TIME in NY－ Type：RL Label: Team Entertainment Music genre: Rock
RUBIA Leopard travels to New York for a special CD.
“DIG-ROCK －BREAK TIME in NY－ Type：RL” includes a new song titled “HOME” as well as drama tracks covering the band’s adventures in the Big Apple meeting Akane (CV: Makoto Furukawa)’s family.
Impish Crow “DIG-ROCK －BREAK TIME in NY－ Type：IC”
Title: DIG-ROCK －BREAK TIME in NY－ Type：IC Label: Team Entertainment Music genre: Rock
Also in the same trip to the Big Apple is Impish Crow. The band fronted by TSUGUMI (CV: Yuma Uchida) releases “DIG-ROCK －BREAK TIME in NY－ Type：IC“.
The CD includes a new song titled “TAKE OFF” as well as drama tracks covering the band’s adventures in town.
unknown order “Sunrise“
Title: Sunrise Label: White Palette Music genre: Rock
Unknown Order – band fronted by Shugo Nakamura and part of the Live Us franchise – releases its debut single “Sunrise” this week.
Listeners can expect a fun brand of rock music with Nakamura’s powerful vocals on top.
Hyorotto Danshi “Hyorotto Collection”
Title: Hyorotto Collection Label: Lantis Music genre: Pop
Hyorotto Danshi – Yuichiro Umehara and Koutaro Nishiyama – are back with a new album, this time around the best of album “Hyorotto Collection”.
The album features all songs released by the duo up until now as well as 2 new songs.
Readyyy! Project “RE:motion“
Title: RE:motion Label: Wave Master Music genre: Pop
The Readyyy! Project franchise is back with new music, this time in double dose. First off, the franchise releases the fan-powered single “RE:motion“.
This is the ultimate fan song, having had the input of their fans on Fanbox, the crowdfunding platform that is powering this release.
Readyyy! Project “Readyyy! Album vol.5”
Title: Readyyy! Album vol.5 Label: Wave Master Music genre: Pop
And the Readyyy! Project franchise welcomes its 5th album “Readyyy! Album vol.5“. This release includes new songs by SP!CA , Maten Rocket, Just 4U, RayGlanZ and La-Veritta.
December 24, 2021 (Friday)
Tetsuya Kakihara “DON’T LET MI KNOW”
Title: DON’T LET MI KNOW Label: Kiramune Music genre: Pop/Rock
Tetsuya Kakihara releases his 8th mini-album “DON’T LET MI KNOW” on his birthday.
The mini-album includes a collection of songs that highlight Kakihara’s improvements as a singer as well as his versatility as an artist.
Issa Kiduku “ruby×diamond”
Title: ruby×diamond Label: movic Music genre: Rock
The VAZZROCK franchise continues its 3rd season of the bi-color CD series this time around with Issa Kiduku (CV: Masahiro Yamanaka) on vocals.
The CD “ruby×diamond” includes drama tracks as well as solo and duet songs.
Growth “Eisei no Sylvis”
Title: TSUKIPRO the animation 2 vol.2 Label: movic Music genre: Lyrical Pop
After being delayed, Growth‘s “Eisei no Sylvis” is going to be released this week. This mesmerizing song is included in the 2nd BD/DVD volume of TSUKIPRO THE ANIMATION 2.
QUELL “Boku o Sasou Koe”
Title: TSUKIPRO the animation 2 vol.2 Label: movic Music genre: Pop
Included in the same BD/DVD is QUELL‘s “Boku o Sasou Koe”. The song was featured in the 3rd episode of TSUKIPRO THE ANIMATION 2.
Naozumi Takahashi “jive and juke”
Title: jive and juke Label: Realize Records Music genre: Pop
Veteran seiyuu and solo artist Naozumi Takahashi is back with a new full-length album.
“jive and juke” brings Takahashi’s pop music and good vibes to light through a collection of 10 songs.
A new OUT THIS WEEK article + video drops next Monday.
