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2013.09.30

This is their 25th anniversary album and a compilation of their 25-year career, and a new starting point of their next 25-year.
During their period of solo works, each member became able to work on most part of recordings at home.
From 2010s, their works show that the songs and sound are created by three of them, except for rhythm, strings and horns.
This illustration is by Chiaki Fujita .

Two years ago, they came back together again after each of their solo works for seven years.
But just before they made a release of the former album " Empowerment ", there was a massive earthquake disaster.
From this experience, they decided that there are a lot of things they can do with music.
Luz " recorded with percussionists from Senegal.
Later, this song was included in the next album " Befriend ".
From this year, they perform this song at series of open-air summer concerts " Jonetsu Tairiku " every year.
And according to them, when they wrote " Human ", a Celtic pop song, they had an imagination to have audience sing together at concerts.

"Empowerment" was an introspective album, but in contrast, this album "Befriend" has extrovert energy -except for " Forget-Me-Nots ".
"Empowerment" had atmosphere to reflect to each of ourselves as a person and respond to hardship like earthquake disaster as reality.
On the other hand, "Befriend" expresses determination to make new steps forward together
"Befriend" is a word used in " Rakuen " (paradise built of enthusiasm) : To become a friend of somebody, especially somebody who needs your help. (cf. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
I guess that this song expresses where they hope to go.
Both in positive and negative way, since 3.11 earthquake disaster, people have thought about " kizuna (bonds) again.
Since they began to record their 25th anniversary album "Befriend", they hope all the people have more and more happy time, supporting each other .
About two weeks after the new DVD of their 25th anniversary concert was on sale, Chikuzen Satou introduced a comment by a playwright who dealt with a popular morning serial drama that made a big hit until this September:
Refraining from laughter is anything but eulogy; or it would mean we must not show bright faces throughout the year.
We should laugh and smile, cry, feel pleasure and sadness, and live full lives for perished people .
From the point of the flow of the times, both "Empowerment" and "Befriend" look like predestined albums .

Incidentally; this album starts with an energetic funk song " The Great Escape " and a bright pop-rock song " 89banmeno seiza " (89th constellation) follows.
Besides, the total time is 46 minutes -a compact album.
So I think this is suitable to start a day in the morning.

Today is 25th anniversary of S.L.T's professional career.
And this year, members are 50 years old.
Then, by simple calculation, half of their lives are their career, and they are twice as old as when they made a debut!

June 5, 2013 Universal Music UPCH-1930

(Translation: Unable-to-think-up-handle)

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