SPARKLING☆CHERRY -- Summer Time Magic

 

As I type this, there are less than 48 hours before autumn officially arrives at 8:44 am Eastern Daylight Time on September 22nd, so at least, summer worshippers have Saturday to soak up as much sun and heat as possible.

Then why not bring in another summer City Pop tune into the proceedings? For today, we have SPARKLING☆CHERRY's "Summer Time Magic" which was written and composed by vocalist Cherry. It's got that Neo-City Pop air about it with those brassy synthesizers and Cherry's voice is rather reminiscent of some of the other singers who've performed with duo Blue Peppers. Plus, the song is packed with other singers and songwriters of the City Pop umbrella: Kingo Hamada（濱田金吾）, the mentor behind SPARKLING☆CHERRY, is helping on backing chorus with Etsuko Yamakawa（山川恵津子）from Tohoku Shinkansen（東北新幹線）, and Makoto Matsushita（松下誠） is on guitar. "Summer Time Magic" is the first track on the band's July 2019 album "Roxy".

You can also give their "Mirage" a listen, too. It's the most recent article that I had about them until today.