Tokyo's Coolest Sound

Even though she has only released a CD-R so far, Kanou Emiri (Twitter) has been gaining a lot of attention lately for her songs that take straight inspiration from 80's new wave (despite her young age) while having a great dose of originality and keeping a good balance of kitsch and cool. Her songs are written and produced by herself, and she sings them live accompanied by funny-ish dance moves.

Here finally comes a first release, of her trademark song "gomenne" plus brand new song "Been With You", packaged as a 7" record. It's better to grab it early! For those interested by her CD-R EP, it seems to be available at CDJapan (via their proxy shopping service).

A release event (also celebrating her 24th birthday) will be held on February 13 at Shinjuku Motion. It will also feature Wakita Monari, Koto and Saka-Sama (details here). In-store events announced so far are on February 22 from 19:30 at HMV record shop Coppice Kichijoji, on February 24 from 13:00 at HMV record shop Shibuya, and on March 3 from 15:00 at HMV record shop Shinjuku Alta.

Kanou Emiri "gomenne / Been With You" (7")
加納エミリ 「ごめんね c/w Been With You」

A. gomenne
B. Been With You

Narisu Records NRSP-755
Out 2/13, ¥1500 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: HMV, Tower Records ^†
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

"EP.1" trailer clip
(The first song is "gomenne", thought the 7" version might be slightly different)