Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Kirinji -- Aliens （エイリアンズ）

 

Number: 016

Lyricist and Composer: Yasuyuki Horigome

Arrangers: Tomita Lab and Kirinji

From Kirinji's 2000 album: "3"

Even when calling a town a town, it's so Kirinji（キリンジ）to not take into consideration a town or neighbourhood within the nation's capital but a community within the suburbs. I've been unexpectedly taken aback with the precision and vividness of the detailed depiction of things like "public housing", "bypasses" and "sports car looking like masks". Those who are isolated from the centre of things may suffer quietly from alienation and loneliness but hope springs eternal within this beautiful melody.

The above comes from "Disc Collection Japanese City Pop Revised" (2020).