moumoon – more than love (a J!-ENT World Groove CD Single Review)
October 17, 2009 by Dennis Amith
“A wonderful slow jam by moumoon! A more pop-driven single but definitely a solid effort. The DVD features the music video plus the making of the music video and also a behind-the-scenes look of the duo and band preparing for their concert.”
GROUP: moumoon
CD SINGLE: more than love
LABEL: avex trax
CATALOG #: AVCD-31487/B
DURATION: 20:52
RELEASE DATE: October 15, 2008
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- more than love
- follow me
- Tiny Star ~English Ver.~
- more than love ~instrumental~
- follow me ~instrumental~
DVD: Region 2, Duration: 14:09 minutes, 4:3
- more than love – MUSIC CLIP
- A Documentary Film “[Tiny Star] beside FULLMOON” Part 1
- more than love music clip off shot
In 2004, singer/songwriter YUKA and musician/composer Kousuke Masaki were introduced by a mutual friend. Eventually, the two appreciated each other’s music and in 2005, the two would form the rock unit, moumoon.
The group based their name from the French world “mou” and the English word “moon” which literally translates to “soft moon”. Two words that would describe the two individuals of the group.
YUKA who was born on Dec. 3, 1985 in Tokyo is a big fan of Michelle Branch and Des’ree. Although, known for her vocals, YUKA is actually an accomplished violinist and played for an orchestra. She learned English while living in America where she lived in Michigan and Illinois. Kousuke Masaki was born on June 22nd, 1977 in the Ishikawa Prefecture and is a big fan of The Neptunes and Alanis Morissette. Kousuke is an accomplished musician who grew up learning the piano and at the age of 13, learned to play guitar and at 15, started playing the synthesizer.
The group released their third single “more than love” back in in October 2008 and the single would be a solid, romantic slow ballad for the duo.
The first track on the single “more than love” is a slow love ballad and also a track that is a pop track with its deep percussion along with Kousuke’s acoustic guitar and lovely vocals by YUKA. Again, another song well written by YUKA and details the feeling of being in love with someone and that the feeling they have is more than love. Just a beautiful ballad!
The second track “follow me” is another pop track with a deep beat with a beautiful piano arrangement by Kousuke that plays in the background. YUKA writes about a person wanting to be what they want to be and asking the person to follow them.
Continuing the trend that the band has done with previous singles, the group has an English version of their previous single. “Tiny Star” is actually a well-written song in which YUKA writes about searching for something in her life but not knowing what it is yet. Literally a feeling of looking at the tiny star in the sky and one thinking about the thoughts in their mind and missing things that precious once they are gone.
The remaining two tracks are the instrumental versions of the first two tracks on the single.
As for the DVD, the DVD features the music video for “more than love”. A pretty cool video as moumoon are performing inside a house and we see a girl at a hospital looking at a person she loves who seems to have gotten hurt and is injured and she waits by his side. Then you see clips of the girlfriend and her boyfriend in the past as he is recording video of her and the girl carries his video camera and realizing how much she loves him. The video is directed by Daisuke Shimada (of Qotori film) and is the deepest music video for the duo yet.
The second track on the DVD features “A Documentary Film “[Tiny Star] beside FULLMOON” Part 1″ and features the group rehearsing their concert at Astro Hall and preparing for their live concert.
The third track on the DVD features the making of the music video for “more than love” and a comment by both members of moumoon.
As for the CD insert, the insert features the lyrics to the songs and the production credits. Also, pictures of the duo and a flier with information on the duo’s first tour to promote their album.
Overall, the duo continues their streak of wonderfully made music. “more than love” is just an impressive ballad featuring beautiful vocals, songwriting and music. This single is more pop driven than their previous two singles but by no means is it bad. It’s actually a pretty solid single with a beautiful ballad that I just enjoy listening to over and over! For fans of moumoon, this single via CD+DVD is highly recommended!
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