Zamboa - "未来" (CD)

The future begins in the smoking room, Klan Aileen, which was a part of good indie rock in Japan (I'll just write it as such), changes the band name to Zamboa for some reason and releases an album in 2024.

Why did they need to change their name? I don't know yet, but I think I should give it a proper listen! I am glad to hear a sound that makes me think “I should listen to this album properly! There is a lot of information in the article on their notebook, but it might be better to read it after listening to the album.

I think, first of all, without context, and since I don't think 3LA listeners, including myself, have listened to Klan Aileen that deeply, we should just try to hit the sound in a normal way. I have always said that it is important to simply let the sound itself be the message, and I think they are a band that embodies that. (There's a huge amount of text in the NOTE, though.)

There is a sense of duality in Zamboa's sound, whether of Skramz or of the disturbing rock of SPOILMAN or, again, in a different way. The balance of contradictory elements such as the sound of violence in the silence and the rough but refined touch of the performance may be a little too great, but maybe we don't need to bother to verbalize it. Anyway, you should listen to this album even though the end of 2024 is already in sight.

tracklist
1. 喫煙室(Kitsuenshitsu) 04:41
2. メトロポリス(Metropolis) 04:52
3. 朶雲(Daun) 04:58
4. ムーンライト(Moonlight) 03:02
5. 大乱闘(Dairantou) 02:16
6. いしてっ(Issite!) 03:29
7. ひばりの朝(Hibari No Asa) 05:20
8. この世でもあの世でも(Konoyo Demo Anoyo Demo) 09:42
9. 旋回(Senkai) 03:18