''Embrace'' is the eighth studio album by Japanese
electronic/
rock duo
Boom Boom Satellites
were a Japanese electronic music duo consisting of guitarist and vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima and bassist and programmer Masayuki Nakano. They were signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan, with whom they had released all of their albums in Japa ...
. Released on January 9, 2013, ''Embrace'' serves as the band's 15th anniversary release. Songs on the album include their single "
Broken Mirror
"Broken Mirror" (stylized as "BROKEN MIRROR") is a song by Japanese electronica/rock duo Boom Boom Satellites, scheduled for release on June 6, 2012. It serves as the theme song for the fifth episode of the ''Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn'' OVA seri ...
" and the song "Drifter", which was used in
Sony's
Xperia commercials. The album will also be sold in a deluxe edition that contains a DVD and a USB flash drive.
released the album in the UK, Europe and Russia on 2 September 2013. The CD version from JPU Records contained an exclusive remix of Snow.
To support the album, BBS are going on both a short pre-release party tour at
Club Quattro locations in
Shibuya,
Tokyo;
Umeda,
Osaka; and
Nagoya,
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
; and on a national tour following the album's release.
The band will also livestream the final mastering of the album at
New York City's
Sterling Sound
George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...
studio on
Nico Nico Douga. The first promotional single from ''Embrace'' was a cover of
the Beatles' "
Helter Skelter", the duo's first ever cover song. This was followed by the release of another digital single of the track "Nine". In addition, album versions of previous promotional singles "Another Perfect Day" (released as a "Movie Edit") and "Drifter" (released as a "test run") are included on ''Embrace''.
On December 29, 2012, the band revealed that, while on a doctor's visit, guitarist and vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima had been diagnosed with the symptoms of a
brain tumor. The band decided to set aside January and March 2013 as the time Kawashima could undergo treatment and recover, cancelling 23 of the band's planned stops on their Embrace 2013 Tour.
Reception
In 2020, Jonathan McNamara of ''
The Japan Times'' listed ''Embrace'' as one of the 10 Japanese albums worthy of inclusion in ''
Rolling Stones 2020 list of the
500 greatest albums of all time
* Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
* NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a 2013 special issue of British magazine '' NME'', available digitally or in newsstands on October 23. The li ...
, calling it "the band’s crowning achievement
..a decidedly digital album that washes over you with all the raw soul and emotion that we let ourselves feel when we’re alone."
Track listing
References
External links
Boom Boom Satellites official website
2013 albums
Boom Boom Satellites albums
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