Well, summer officially arrived here at 10:58 this morning Eastern Daylight Time, so just a little over an hour ago as of this writing (of this first paragraph). It's comfortably cool/warm out there although I've got the fan on behind me, so my tush is currently a happy camper for now.
I've already been putting up summer-titled or summer-themed songs here and there over the past several days. This time, I've got something similar in the mellow technopop vein thanks to veteran unit SPANK HAPPY. "Natsu no Tensai" (Summer Genius) was released in May 2018 as the group's one-and-only single thus far during their third phase which has only Naruyoshi Kikuchi（菊地成孔）, the man who has been behind SPANK HAPPY right from the beginning, and singer-songwriter Tomomi Oda（小田朋美）. Both of them were also responsible for their version of the minyo "Kushimoto Bushi" on the "Gundam Thunderbolt"（ガンダム サンダーボルト）soundtrack the previous year.
"Natsu no Tensai" is a happy synthpop tune with little scoops of rock and soul thrown in for good measure. It wouldn't be surprising if it had been used in an eclectic commercial. The song was also included in SPANK HAPPY's October 2019 album "mint exorcist" that has also been ominously tagged with the phrase FINAL SPANK HAPPY. Since then, I haven't heard anything scheduled by Kikuchi under the band name.
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