FIRST DAY BACK - "FORWARD" CD

*Released July 18, 2025 
*Limited edition of 200 copies 
*Insert with obi, lyrics/bilingual translation, and interview with band members

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One live video uploaded to YouTube in May 2025 created a worldwide buzz about the band. The band, FIRST DAY BACK, was formed by five college students based in Santa Cruz, California. Many of you may be thinking, yes, this band is named after a BRAID song. The ongoing college students are playing everything from the atmosphere to everything is 90's emo (especially around 97 and 98). A female vocal emo/indie rock band by Maggie, who is half Japanese. Maggie was the core of a 90's emo band, but it took her a year to form the band because she could not find anyone in the same age bracket with the same tastes as her. However, the band finally found members with the same tastes and started to move forward, and they are now releasing their debut album with 9 songs. The band is proud to present the serious, pure, and incomplete feelings of that generation, which were possessed by such pioneers of that era as Braid, Cap'n Jazz, The Promise Ring, Mineral, Jejune, and Sunny Day Real Estate, whom they admired and respected, The sound of these pioneers from the same generation as when they were active should resonate with anyone who encountered the so-called “emo” bands of the late 90's that played in ensembles of static and movement. Interestingly, their method of activity also follows the DIY method of the 90's. The music was recorded almost exclusively in one shot. The sound quality is also very much in the 90's, as it was recorded almost exclusively in one shot (on purpose, to give it an airy feel). I like the way they spice up the sound with violins and harmonica, rather than making it all about technicality. I am not sure what generation of the movement it is now, despite its birthplace, but I am glad to see a serious band with respect for the pioneers appear on the scene. I hope you will give them a listen. And I sincerely hope that they will come to Japan on a tour as soon as possible.

tracklist:
1. Sure, Ok
2. Upstairs (212)
3. Moving out
4. Us
5. Gone on
6. Lines
7. Wait, Do You Hear That?
8. Paint
9. Twelve Mile Train Tracks