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Koshi Inaba News

Koshi Inaba’s new album「Singing Bird」is out now for all early bird(pun intended) buyers! To celebrate the release, Koshi Inaba has released a message for his fans. Check it out below. Furthermore, samples to Koshi’s new solo album are now available on the album’s B’z Wiki page. Feel free to get a glimpse of Koshi’s new album before you receive it. Or perhaps you’ll decide to buy it if you haven’t yet!

The memories I’ve scribbled down from time to time have been transformed into songs.
Please feel free to listen to them to your heart’s content.
I hope my singing [referring to “Singing Bird”] reaches each and every one of you.
Koshi Inaba

Koshi Inaba News

Today it has been announced that Koshi Inaba will be on Music Station performing one of his solo songs. His last performance dates back 10 years to July 9th, 2004 when Koshi performed his song「Wonderland」on the show. Koshi is going to perform his latest song「oh my love」from his upcoming album「Singing Bird」, which will be the first televised performance of the song.

Said episode of Music Station airs May 23rd, 2014 at 8PM Japan Time on TV Asahi.

Koshi Inaba News

Koshi Inaba’s forthcoming solo album 「Singing Bird」is set to come out in 11 days and today they started airing the TV commercial for it. It features footage of the music video to “oh my love”, one of the songs on the album. Check it out!

Koshi Inaba News

As Tak Matsumoto recently released his new solo album, Koshi Inaba also picks up his media presence by promoting his upcoming album 「Singing Bird」set to release on May 21st–in 19 days. Interviews with Koshi Inaba regarding his new album are set to be published in the following magazines:

Ongaku to Hito: May 2nd
Rolling Stone Japan Version: May 10th
WHAT’s IN？: May 14th
CD＆DL Data: May 14th
OriSta: May 16th
Nikkei Entertainment: June 4th

Koshi Inaba News

If anyone ever wondered what Koshi’s ride is, well, we have the answer! It’s a MV Agusta -75 customized by a California based workshop run by Shinya Kimura. He even mentions in the video that he was working on it for a “Japanese singer”. Check it out!

Koshi Inaba News

After a 4 year hiatus, Koshi has today announced that his new solo album 「Singing Bird」will be released on May 21st, 2014. The album is not, as we feared, going to be a digital-only release, coming in a regular CD and a limited CD+DVD edition. It includes the previously released digital singles「Nensho」and「Nakinagara」as well as the tie-up song 「oh my love」, which is featured in Olympus’ latest line of commercials. The overall album consists of 12 tracks which portrait a very distinct world that Koshi has created for his listeners.

The limited edition comes with a DVD which contains the music videos to 「Nensho」, 「Nakinagara」, 「oh my love」 and 「Stay Free」.

[UPDATE 4/21]: Cover & track order revealed!

NEW ALBUM「Singing Bird」

01. Jimmy no Asa
02. oh my love (featured in Olympus’ commercials)
03. Cross Creek
04. Golden Road
05. Nakinagara
06. Stay Free
07. Bicycle Girl
08. Kodoku no Susume
09. Tomo Yo
10. photograph
11. Route 53
12. Nensho

Release: 2014/05/21
Price(CD): 3,024 Yen (tax included)
Price(CD+DVD): 3,780 Yen (tax included)