Chime (album)

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Chime
Studio album by sumika

Publication
(s)

March 13, 2019

Label (s) SME Records

Format (s)

CD + DVD , download

Genre (s)

J-pop , J-rock

Title (number)

14 (CD)
5 (DVD)

running time

54 minutes 00 seconds

occupation
  • Takayuki Ogawa: backing vocals, keyboard
chronology
Famila (2017) Chime -

Chime is the title of the second studio album by the Japanese pop and rock band sumika , which was released on March 13, 2019 on SME Records on the Japanese market. The album, which has a total length of exactly 54 minutes, contains a total of 14 tracks. The pieces Fanfare , Shunkashūtō and Himitsu can be heard in the anime film I want to eat your pancreas , while the fiction , which is also on the album, was used as the opening credits for the anime series No Cheats for Love .

production

Compared to the previously published works of the group, the musicians proceeded differently in the production of the second album: beforehand, the four musicians discussed how a song should be created. For the pieces on Chime , guitarist Kuroda, who was also responsible for the album production, first started working on the pieces and then presented them to the other band members. Production took place in the course of 2018, with the band also doing concert tours through Japan in the summer and October .

The piece Juni no Hōgaku was written at a much earlier point in time, but the musicians did not find time to officially record the piece, so it was finally recorded as the opening title for Chime . Various guest musicians can be heard on the album, who have been invited by the band to produce their pieces. Kataoka stated in an interview that these guest musicians make up 25 percent of the band's music.

title

# title Composer (s) length Remarks
1. June no Hōgaku Kenta Kantaoka (T, M) 3:41
2. fanfare Kataoka (T, M) 3:03 Opening credits I want to eat your pancreas
music video
3. Fiction Kataoka (T, M) 3:51 Opening credits No cheats for love
4th Monday Kataoka (T)
Takayuki Ogawa (M) 		3:26
5. White March Kataoka (T)
Ogawa, Junnosuke Kuroda (M) 		4:08
6th Strawberry Fields Kataoka (T, M) 4:58
7th Himitsu Kataoka (T)
Ogawa (M) 		4:28 In the anime film Kimi no Suizo o Tabetai to hear
8th. Shunkashūtō Kataoka (T)
sumika (M) 		4:35 Credits Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai
9. Hummingbird's Port sumika, Tomoyori Hayashibe (M) 2:38 Instrumental
10. Flower Kataoka (T, M) 3:40
11. Persona promenade Kataoka (T, M) 3:21
12. Anote Konote Kataoka (T, M) 3:40
13. Ghost lighter Kataoka (T)
Ogawa, Kuroda (M) 		4:00
14th Familia Kataoka (T, M) 4:31

promotion

On February 1, 2019, the band released a first official album trailer in which various pieces from the album are played and announced their second album for March 13, 2019. The album was released as a regular CD as well as a limited version with an additional DVD.

A second trailer in which all pieces are played appeared on March 4th. From April to June 2019 the band will tour all over Japan. This concert tour includes 24 performances in 16 cities.

success

Chime entered the Japanese album charts at number five in the week of March 25, 2019 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Goto Sotaro: sumika 「Chime」 イ ン タ ビ ュ ー. natalie.mu, accessed March 22, 2019 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ Goto Sotaro: sumika 「Chime」 イ ン タ ビ ュ ー. natalie.mu, accessed March 22, 2019 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Tetsuo Hiraga: sumika 『Chime』 イ ン タ ビ ュ ー. Billboard , accessed March 22, 2019 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ According to the leaflet (Japanese)
  5. ↑ Chime / Sumika (Limited Edition). VGMDb.net, accessed March 14, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b sumika 、 3 月 発 売 の ア ル バ ム 『Chime』 の ト レ イ ラ ー 映像 公開 !! PR Times, February 1, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019 (Japanese).
  7. ↑ sumika 、 2nd ア ル バ ム 『Chime』 の 全 曲 テ ィ ザ ー 映像 を 公開. Rolling Stone , March 4, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019 (Japanese).
  8. ↑ Goto Sotaro: sumika 、 ア ル バ ム 『Chime』 の 発 売 日 に 日本 武 道 館 に て 全国 ツ ア ー が 開幕! okmusic.jp, March 15, 2019, accessed March 22, 2019 (Japanese).
  9. ↑ Chart tracking: JP. Oricon , accessed March 22, 2019 (Japanese).