Autumn doesn't officially round the corner until 9:04 pm tonight. But this morning, I went out in a short-sleeved shirt and shorts and got blasted by a stiff wind with some below-seasonal bite. 😬 Fall must have snuck in through the back door to ambush me. However, being a weatherproofed Canadian and slightly insane, I was able to make it home without feeling anything (cold, wind, nerves).
Well, I attempted to look for a fitting tune for the imminent seasonal change somewhere in my backlog, and fortunately I found "Natsu no Owari..." (Summer's End...) by singer-songwriter Miho Gomi（五味美保）. This was the Saitama singer-songwriter's debut single from May 1989 (interesting timing there), but although I had been expecting something rather languid and melancholy considering the end of the hot and fun season, "Natsu no Owari..." is actually quite the barn burster of a pop song. Feeling like a ride in a sports car along the coastline, the synths and saxophone are in high gear with a wired guitar solo, and Gomi's vocals are steady-on. Ironically, Gomi doesn't have any songwriting credits here; instead, it's Kouki Ikenaga（池永康記）behind the lyrics and Masayoshi Sugimura（杉村雅祥）taking care of the dynamic melody.
Gomi has released at least 19 singles, 5 maxi-singles and 16 albums up to 2005, although for several years in the 1990s, she went by the name Chikako Gomi（五味千賀庫）. She was also involved in a couple of groups called moon and GAANE.
wow being able to post daily is actually unreal, thanks for the new material
ReplyDeletekeep making these posts, have only been following this genre for a year or so, so nice to see where I can branch out. thanks