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(a) Slow Star, revisited

8 June 2009 at 9:41 pm · Filed under Music ·Tagged , ,

Cover of "Star Mine Gig"Pretty much my first ever blog post was about a then-new Swinging Popsicle track “(a) Slow Star”.  At the time I was frustrated that it seemed unlikely that I’d be able to get a copy of the song (at least not without buying a soundtrack to a game I otherwise had no interest in) , so I thought I should throw up a quick post to mention that you can finally got a copy of the song off JapanFiles.  Frustratingly, they don’t link to it off the Swinging Popsicle page, they only list it on the page for the aforementioned Sumaga soundtrack — and make sure you grab the 3 minute 24 second version from Sumaga Music Galaxy disc 3, not the shorter version off Star Mine Gig!

The song still sounds awesome, with a super catchy circular guitar lead and a driving beat.  On the most recent Swinging Popsicle albums, I’ve actually enjoyed their dabblings in electronic pop more than their straight guitar pop tracks, but this song is one of the best things I’ve ever heard from the band.  Thanks, JapanFiles!

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A bit more information on Swinging Popsicle’s “(a) Slow Star”

31 August 2008 at 7:04 pm · Filed under Music ·Tagged , , ,

It belatedly occurred to me that, if I was frustrated by the fact that the only information about Swinging Popsicle’s new song, “(a) Slow Star”, was in Japanese, then maybe I should ask my Japanese wife to translate it for me.

"Star Mine Gig" CoverVia Swinging Popsicle bassist Hironobu Hirata’s blog, we picked up a bit more information about the song. It’s from a forthcoming mini-album called Star Mine Gig, apparently a soundtrack for a game called Sumaga. The CD comes out in Japan on August 29th, and features eight tracks. I believe three of the tracks are actually just dialogue snippets from the game. The other four tracks are by Rio, Qube, The Spin, and Ken DZI Otsuki.

The bulk of the blog entry is actually about Hirata’s work on the background music for the game, which he’s apparently in charge of. I’m not really much into soundtracks of any sort, so I’m hoping that Japanfiles will end up with a copy of “(a) Slow Star”. I like the song quite a bit.

Thanks to Chihiro for her help on this post! ありがとうございました。

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New Swinging Popsicle!

26 August 2008 at 4:41 am · Filed under Music ·Tagged , , ,

Despite the stupid stupid name, I absolutely adore Japanese indie pop band Swinging Popsicle (whom I first heard about from the sadly now-dormant Story Of A Charmless Man). Maybe I’ll even write a real blog post about them some day. For now, though, I’m excited to find that they have a brand-new song on their MySpace page called “(a) Slow Star”. Very good! When can I get my hands on a copy?

If you’re checking out the band for the first time, I also recommend the track “Outerspace” (also streaming on their MySpace page), full of spacey shoegaze guitars.

UPDATE: I have a bit more information about the song here.

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