Finding about the band TWEEDEES because vocalist Natsumi Kiyoura（清浦夏実）helped out on one of the songs in Blue Peppers'（ブルー・ペパーズ）"Symphony", I decided to see what else I could find about this collaboration between Kiyoura and bassist Reiji Okii（沖井礼二）.
According to their J-Wiki article, TWEEDEES formed in 2015 and the first meeting apparently had Okii doing a guest appearance on Kiyoura's radio program. Okii was also the one who had started up the band Cymbals with Asako Toki（土岐麻子）in the late 1990s, and since Kiyoura was a big fan of that group, one thing led to another and TWEEDEES was born.
Between 2015 and 2019, singles have been released through digital download and EPs with three full albums and two mini-albums coming out up to 2021. Through their third full album "Delicious", here is "Hanataba to Jiryoku" (Bouquets and Magnetism) which is one wild-and-crazy sprint through a municipality and life. TWEEDEE's music has been categorized on J-Wiki as pop and Shibuya-kei and with "Hanataba to Jiryoku", there is a feeling of Shibuya-kei through the frenetic percussion and the breezy vocals by Kiyoura (topped with Parisian berets) but then again I also hear some of that jazz coming out through a piano.
Words and music were provided by Okii. Being a pop culture fan, I couldn't help but get visions of the Tenth and the Eleventh Doctor from "Doctor Who" leading their comely young companions by the outstretched arm as they race breathlessly through time and space because of what I've understood of the lyrics. The Doctor will lie, charm and thrill with his own amalgam of bouquets and magnetism as he takes folks on his magical and oft-dangerous ride through the universe.
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