CHATMONCHY – Last Love Letter (a J!-ENT World Groove CD Single Review)
August 31, 2009 by Dennis Amith
“A much more mellower offering from CHATMONCHY but for the most part, if you enjoy the band’s music, you’ll definitely find enjoyment with their music on this single. Personally, I enjoyed the third second coupling track the most as the tempo is much more upbeat.”
BAND: CHATMONCHY
CD SINGLE: Last Love Letter
LABEL: Ki/oon Records
CATALOG #: KSCL-1302
DURATION: 11:21
RELEASE DATE: February 4, 2009
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- Last Love Letter
- 片道切符
- Good Luck my sister!!
CHATMONCHY is a three-member all female rock band which consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Eriko Hashimoto, Akiko Fukuoka (Bass and backup vocals) and Kumiko Takahashi (drums and backup vocals) who hail from Shikoku, Japan.
The group which started back as early as 2000, received their big break when Supercar producer Junji Ishiwatari produced their first album “chatmonchy has come”. But it wasn’t until 2007, when the bad had their first anime-related tie-in with the anime series “BLEACH” and their song “Daidai” was used for the ending theme. Although previous singles have charted on the Oricon charts, the band would receive worldwide recognition for that single and not long after, their third major label album “seimeiryoku” debuted at #2 on the Oricon Album Charts.
The group released their first single of 2009 titled “Last Love Letter” and features three rock tracks: “Last Love Letter”, “片道切符” and “Good luck my sister!!”. The single debuted at #7 on the Oricon Charts and the title track is included on the band’s fourth album “Kokuhaku”.
As for the single, the first two tracks are actually quite mellow. With the first track “Last Love Letter” definitely showcasing Akiko’s bass playing and definitely love the intro as the bass works in tandem with Kumiko on drums. The second track is “片道切符” and sports a pretty smooth but mild tempo rock track with a pretty cool section in which Eriko jams with her guitar. The third track “Good luck my sister!!”, a song celebrating a sister who just got married, is actually an upbeat, faster rock track and my favorite track on the CD single.
The CD single features a trifold insert with the lyrics and production credits, plus a flier promoting their website promotion for “Last Love Letter”.
Overall, the single is good and to tell you the truth, personally I found it to be quite average compared to other tracks that I have enjoyed from the band. A definitely more mellow CD single release this time around from the trio but fans of CHATMONCHY will definitely find some enjoyment especially hearing the girls jam with their instruments in all three tracks.
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