Deep Sea Diving Club -- City Flight

 

At first glance, the band Deep Sea Diving Club had me thinking that the lunkheads from "Grand Blue" decided to form their own group instead of scheming against each other and drinking themselves blind.

But of course, such was not the case here. In fact, Deep Sea Diving Club has its four members hailing not from the Izu Peninsula but all the way west in Fukuoka. Guitarist and vocalist Sota Tani（谷颯太）, guitarist Takahiro Oi（大井隆寛）, bassist Satoshi Torikai（鳥飼悟志）and drummer Showhey Idehara（出原昌平）were once known as Sandal until they picked up their current band name from a sticker found at the Sun Selco Mall in Fukuoka City. On their J-Wiki file, I saw the phrase "TENJIN NEO CITY POP" but they have pointed out that they also like rock, R&B and jazz and other genres to the extent that they would like to be considered genreless. 

Debuting in 2019 with a single, they've released several digital singles since then and in March 2022, Deep Sea Diving Club put out their first album "Let's Go! DSDC!". From there, I offer you the second track, "City Flight". I get some groovy Suchmos vibes from this one along with some of those early 80s City Pop feelings and even a hint of some ancient disco riff. Written by Tani and composed by Oi, we also get some laidback rap from Tani with the entire song exhorting the joy of having fun in the big city.