This year is 30th anniversary of S.L.T., and this album came after absence of five years. After 25th anniversary, S.L.T., they held concerts with different theme each year. In 2015
,they performed with string section, and before this concert, they made a release of "ame no regret-" (regret in the rain)
. In 2016
, they performed with horn section -and held open-air concerts in summer. Kazega fuita hi" (the day wind blew)
. Later, one of those stages wasmade into a movie" Music of my life
". In 2017
, they held concerts for two days, calling each day " Pop of the day
" and " Rock of the day
". The song written in that year "Rokugatsu no aoi sora" (blue sky in June; in Japan, June is recognized as rainy season)
absolutely pop
. They made a release of single each year with different theme of each. As a result, about half of the songs in this album are already released as singles. And if you like S.L.T.’s songs funky, this album might sound not entirely satisfying to you. At the same time, there is no exaggerated fanfare 30th anniversary of S.L.T. is just a passage point of their trajectory of challenge, while this year is a special phase for them
.
When the list of songs was announced on their official website before this album was on sale, it became the subject among fans what song would be the opening number in this album. As a result, "Kazega fuita hi" followed the opening tune. When they made a release of this song as a single, "Hysterical Parade" was included, too. Rare trial is hidden in interlude of this song: They had trombone player perform freely, and added arrangement and accompaniment on trombone solo later
. "Yamini saku hana" (flowers in the dark)
was written fora revenge tragedy TV drama" Black Revenge
" in autumn 2017. They say that this is the darkest song of S.L.T
. This song starts with Kyrie eleison
, and duet with Sarah Alainn
and groovy beat express ray of hope in despair. In creating this album, they wrote a song of cat for the first time in their career: "Sweet Cat Home". Chikuzen Satohad three cats in 2000s, named Kiki, Coocoo and Coco, And often placed photos and diary about them on weblog. But they aged old and died one by one. Now Chiaki Fujita
has a cat, and occasionally, he places photos on Twitter. Sound of cat's purring is in this song
, but it's difficult to hear unless you listen in quiet place or with headphones.
Since they formed a band which was named Sing Like Talking later, they've always tried to create music they believe to be best.
Yesterday September 30, 2018
wastheir 30th anniversary. And their challenge goes on.