Last night, I received a nice comment from Fabian who enjoyed the short-lived cool band First Impression's "Brand New Day" (and thanks again for that, Fabian!). I decided to give a listen again to not only that particular song but also "Taiyo ga Kureta Kisetsu"（太陽がくれた季節）, and was reminded of how amazing they were back in the 1990s.
There was that realization, though, that those two tracks had come from First Impression's second of two albums, "Supernatural" in 1996, and I had yet to put up anything from their first effort "What's New" which was released in 1995. It is time for me to rectify this.
And I couldn't have asked for a better introduction than the 2nd track "Feel Like Heaven" which, thanks to that chugging bass and sharp horn section, has that certain 70s funk beat. Vocalist Reiko Tanaka（田仲玲子）was behind the lyrics while First Impression drummer, the late Shigeo Miyata（宮田繁男）, took care of the music. To paraphrase one YouTube commenter, it would sound great accompanying a drive down a seaside road at dusk, but I think that at any time of the day or night would be fine for "Feel Like Heaven".
Morning, Brian.
ReplyDeleteMaybe there's a pinch of contemporary jazz in there, too.