KEY FEATURES

• Supervision: Toshikazu Kanazawa (Light Mellow)
• First Press Limited Edition
• Features traditional Japanese OBI strip

RELEASE DESCRIPTION

"Junk Fujiyama, the leader of the ongoing city pop scene, has released a new album for the first time in a year and a half. Looking ahead to the coming summer, you can once again enjoy the junk verses full of energy. Included as a bonus track. Tatsuro Yamashita's cover "Love Space" is a live version featuring Ponta Murakami, one of Japan's most famous drummers who passed away suddenly last year. Ponta & Junk's explosive performance intersects with the passion of music." — Toshikazu Kanazawa

The release of the original studio album "SHINE" following "Happiness" released in July 2021 has been decided. Full of exhilarating melodies and sounds, this is an ongoing city pop album in full summer mode.

Continuing from the previous work, creator: Itsuki Kamiya is in charge of arrangement, track making, and production. The sound, which skillfully incorporates the essence of pop, AOR, soul, rock, etc., has evolved and is more compatible with Junk's emotional vocals.

The songs included are the pop number "GOLDEN TIME" which became a hot topic in the FamilyMart commercial, and the lead single "Ai no Kiseki -Trajectory of Love-", a killer tune that colors the summer that will be pre-released on 5/25 (Wed.), Groove. A total of 11 songs, including "Love is a wonder" full of emotions, and "Bokura no Summer Days ~Our Summer Days~", a ballad depicting love at the end of summer by Yukako Niitsuma, who provided "Butterfly" in the previous work. ), the birth of a full-length summer album full of city pop.

Like the previous work, "hikari&-" is in charge of the illustration of the jacket, and it is a work full of light (SHINE) that cuts out the summer scenery.

As a CD-only bonus track, Tatsuro Yamashita's cover "LOVE SPACE" from the January 2011 live featuring Shuichi Murakami "Ponta" Murakami, a representative drummer who passed away in 2021, will be specially recorded.

TRACKLIST

1. Trajectory of Love
2. GOLDEN TIME
3. Bokura no Summer Days -Our Summer Days-
4. Mystic
5. Walk about
6. Sunrise
7. Precious Moments
8. Midnight Parade
9. SHINE
10. Love Is A Wonder
11. LOVE SPACE (Live Version)

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