Every Little Thing – Atarashii Hibi / Ogon no Tsuki (a J!-ENT World Groove CD Single Review)
August 22, 2008 by Dennis Amith
“Every Little Thing returns with their 36th CD single to commemorate the duo’s 12th year anniversary with two lively and enjoyable tracks.”
GROUP: Every Little Thing
CD SINGLE: Atarashii Hibi / Ogon no Tsuki
LABEL: avex trax
CATALOG #: AVCD-31463/B
DURATION: 18:28
RELEASE DATE: August 27, 2008
- あたらしい日々
- 黄金の月
- あたらしい日々 (Instrumental)
- 黄金の月 (Instrumental
DVD: Region 2, 4:3, DURATION: 4 minutes
- あたらしい日々 Video Clip
The musical unit Every Little Thing is back with their 36th CD single and also a CD single to commemorate the duo’s 12th year anniversary.
I have been a fan of ELT since their debut and of course, back then they were a trio until Igarashi Mitsuru left the group in 2000 and that synth-pop sound was then brought to Igarashi’s latest project known as the group day after tomorrow.
With vocalist Mochida Kaori and guitarist Ito Ichiro continuing the ELT fame, the group has since changed their music from those synth-pop years to be more rock-based, still incorporating the synth but more for arrangements.
And here we are with the duo’s latest double A-side CD single “Atarashii Hibi” and “Ogon no Tsuki”.
“Atarashii Hibi” is the theme song for the FUJI TV drama “Shibatora” and features a rock-based track with a string arrangement courtesy of Nakamura “Nam-Nam” Yasunari and a pretty cool electric guitar solo from Ito. And Mochida Kaori has her unique style of vocals which of course, fans or those who are familiar with ELT can distinguish quite easily. A very happy, enjoyable song from Every Little Thing.
The coupling track “Ogon no Tsuki” features another lively, rock diddly and similar to the first track features a string arrangement but this time courtesy of Kameda Seiji. Another enjoyable track nonetheless.
And the other remaining two tracks are the instrumentals of the first two tracks.
The DVD features the music video for “Atarashii Hibi”, a somewhat comedic music video which Mochida goes on with life but has these men in black (or servants) assisting her in everyday life to get things done.
The CD insert features a dual fold with a matted paper and featuring lyrics on one side and pictures of Mochida on the other side.
In a recent Japan Times interview that I read about Every Little Thing, the duo has talked about life post-Igarashi and how the duo needed to find a new direction with their music and since things happened to quickly, the group for the first two years after Igarashi’s departure had to focus on an acoustic sound.
But now have had more confidence to experiment with various styles and with the release of their 8th full length album “DOOR” back in March, Mochida expressed greater satisfaction with their work and for me, listening to the latest CD single, you can obviously feel the enjoyment within this CD single and definitely look forward to the next CD single.
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