bridge -- Pool Side Music

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Can't quite believe that it's approaching two years since I posted anything up by the genteel Shibuya-kei band bridge. So, just on that point, I'm more than willing to put up another article about one of their tunes, but also, the YouTube powers-that-be have also taken down one of their early songs "He She & I" and I couldn't find any other videos featuring it so I've had to put that article back into Draft mothballs.

Having to put an article back into mothballs doesn't sit well with me so I usually look for another song of the artist as a bit of counterattack, and happily, I was able to find this sunny song by bridge recently. Their second and final single, "Pool Side Music"  from June 1994, was released as an advance single from their sophomore album "Preppy Kicks", and it's got that happy-go-lucky 60s pop feel. Band guitarist Nobuyuki Ohashi（大橋伸行）was responsible for words and music with Mami Otomo（大友真美）handling the vocals.