Well, even though I feel awkward, I’m doing this vlog thing. So that you can see my hair grow slowly😉
Maybe next time I ask Marie to join. We will speak in Japanese then.
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Thank you for your response for our new song “Above & Below”.
Yes we just released a new song and it’s the first song from our upcoming album.
I wanna explain something about the song.
I’m not even sure if this is necessary. But I’m trying to communicate.
This song is called “Above & Below”.
The song, the lyrics, are based on Romans 8:39 which is one of my favorite Bible verses.
and the whole song is pretty much based on Romans chapter 8 and 9.
Musically speaking, it’s a hard rocking song. Straightforward, really hard hitting song with a strong Christian message.
Our new album “Coming Back Alive”, which will be released in February 2025, is a happy album. It’s like our homage to 1980’s hard rock. Basically we wanted to make something like “What if Van Halen made a Christian album back in 1984” or something like that.
It is a happy album. The songs on the album, happy, fun, easygoing, party time, having a good time, that kind of happy vibes they have.
But this song “Above & Below” is an exception. This song is serious. It’s not exactly a 1980’s homage, nor a happy song.
I wanna put it this way.
If you look at the history of rock music,
Led Zeppelin’s Presence album, it’s a funky album. Very fun, enjoyable music. Yet they started the album with “Achilles Last Stand” which is a hard rocking heavy metal song with a dark vibe.
Van Halen did the same thing, too. Van Halen plays happy music, good time rock’n’roll. Yet they started the “Fair Warning” album with “Mean Street” which is a dark song.
Later, Van Halen also started OU812 album with “Mine All Mine”, which is an exceptionally dark song on this otherwise relaxed, happy album.
So, this song “Above & Below” is kinda like the same. It’s the darkest, most serious song on this happy album of ours.
We chose this song as the first single, because we have been playing this song live this year, and also because this song has a very strong message. It’s like our statement as a Christian band.
We are going to release more singles. 4 more songs even before the album release. They are happy songs. They are more in the 1980’s classic rock style.
I just wanted to make it clear, that this song sounds a little different from the rest of the album.
Please stay in tune.
I hope you will enjoy our new music.
Thank you very much.
Aaand
God bless you!