With a name like Nomad Pop, readers can be forgiven if they thought that ol' J-Canuck came up with a new genre heading again. Actually, that's not the case here. It's the name of a rock band that first assembled in 2019 with a first EP coming out later that year. Led by vocalist and songwriter Ryusuke Sameshima（鮫島竜輔）, it's a five-piece group that, according to its own biography, takes on the topics of isolation and doubt with some rich sounds and humour. Another site mentions that Nomad Pop bases its sound on R&B, rock and hip-hop.
In January 2024, Nomad Pop released their single "We Live" which actually had me thinking Neo-City Pop for the first several seconds but ventured more into the crystalline world of technopop, if anything. Gliding through the lyrics, it's about a man who initially proclaims that he's over someone from a past relationship but isn't really fooling anybody except perhaps himself. Meanwhile, the music video seems to be set in the final decade of the 20th century with the first half of the video centering around an old-fashioned phone booth as an alien tries to connect with someone late at night. By the end, a few other mild happenings take place with no one noticing the alien. Yeah, I think those themes of isolation and doubt are infused. And it's pretty much a cliché now that aliens have those feelings of isolation and doubt ranging from Superman to Mr. Spock.
This is a pretty chill song, but the guy or girl in the first video looks suspicious!
ReplyDeleteWell, even in Tokyo, there are always a few weirdos late at night.
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