The duo Tsuki no Michikake (Full Moon) had been in my backlog for some months, so I finally decided to bring it to light on the blog. Formed in 2018, there doesn't seem to be any description about the type of music that vocalist and lyricist Asumi Kumagai（熊谷あすみ）and keyboardist and composer Kazuya Imai（今井カズヤ）had wanted to bring to the listening masses.
However, from listening to the title track of their first mini-album in August 2018, "Tsuki no Michikake", they may be going for some sunny-side pop with perhaps a tribute to the New Music of the 1970s group Sugar Babe which had Tatsuro Yamashita（山下達郎）and Taeko Ohnuki（大貫妙子）. I can also pick up some hints of the Blue Peppers（ブルー・ペッパーズ）which has been one of my favourite new bands in the last several years.
As for some history on Imai and Kumagai, according to Tsuki no Michikake's website, the former graduated from the Showa University of Music with a degree in composition, and while he was a student, he formed a band called Shippai Shinai Ikikata（失敗しない生き方...No Fail Way to Live） in 2010. Meanwhile, Kumagai mentions that she loves sweet things and sake, and would like to appear on NHK's educational channel someday. There's no mention about how the duo came up with their band name, but I did notice that there is a 2017 novel with that title.
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