Miki Hyodo -- Soto wa Makkura（外は真暗）

 

Happy weekend! Well, Miki Hyodo（兵藤未来）is a singer-songwriter that I discovered because of this blog and so far, she's gotten my attention because of her unique approach to New Music or City Pop and the like. For example, I covered both sides of her 1977 debut single: "Tonde Kita Yume"（飛んできた夢）and "Maverick"（マーヴェリック）which has her bringing out her Margaritaville game to listeners' ears.

I found another song written, composed and performed by Hyodo called "Soto wa Makkura" (It's Pitch Dark Out) which belongs to her 1977 debut album "One Paradise" (incidentally, the above songs are also included in the album). This time, instead of the tropical, Hyodo brings out a hot, sultry and bluesy proclamation as if she were performing in a honky-tonk dive bar during a torrid August night in Florida.  It's dark outside so why not come inside into the light so that they can go into somewhere more enticingly dark...preferably her room, perhaps?😇 Yep, this is some ice-cube-being-dragged-down-the-neck make out invitation music. Love the guitars and electric organ in play here.