矢野顕子の最新作『飛ばしていくよ』にトラックを寄せ、4月にはアグレッシヴな新曲“食わずぎらい”を配信リリースして波に乗るAZUMA HITOMIの新作。どちらかというとエレクトロ・ネイティヴでサウンド先行なイメージだが、もとより曲をしっかり作れる人。今作ではこれまで以上に普遍的に響くポップスの数々を収録。“ユーアーライダー”の歌謡曲然とした構造とメロディーは、力強さと美しさに満ちている。
[English Translation]
Releasing her latest album is AZUMA HITOMI, a Japanese songwriter/sound creator/singer, riding the wave of success with her accomplishments of writing songs for the latest Akiko Yano (pop and jazz musician and singer) album "Tobashite ikuyo" or digitally distributing her aggressive sounding new track "Kuwazu-girai (meaning Rejecting Out of Hand)" just this April. Her music may have the image of being more 'sound'-oriented due to being an 'electro native', but she has always been an artist with unwavering talent of 'song' making. Compared to the previous, this latest album is further packed with a number of pop tunes that would be appreciated universally going forward. Typical popular-music-sounding "You're a rider" is track of which structure and melodies are full of solid strength and beauty.
