Ginger Root’s new album “SHINBANGUMI” (pronounced: Shinbangumi), which will be released on Friday, September 13th, has released the lead single “Better Than Monday” today, Wednesday, June 19th.
Ginger Root is a project by Cameron Lew, a multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and visual artist from California, who recently performed at Fuji Rock Festival last year.
Of the track, which mocks the universal fear of the week resetting, he said: “I wanted to explore what it would sound like to mash up lo-fi intimacy with hi-fi energy. Lyrically, I wanted to poke fun at how much I hate certain days of the week. No matter how bad something is, somehow it’s always better than Monday.”
The video, directed by Cameron Lew and David Gutel, also premiered, continuing the story that began in the album’s lead single, “No Problems.”
Ginger Root will also be holding a one-day pop-up shop at Tower Records in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka starting on Friday, June 21st. They will be holding a Japan tour in the same five cities in January next year.
【release information】
Ginger Root “SHINBANGUMI”
Release Date: September 2024
Label: BIG NOTHING / ULTRA-VYBE, INC.
Tracklist:
1. Welcome
2. No Problems
3. Better Than Monday
4. There Was A Time
5. All Night
6. Commercials
7. Only You
8. Kaze
9. Giddy Up
10. Think Cool
11. Show 10
12. Take Me Back (The End of Time)
*Additional bonus tracks will be included on the Japanese version (CD)
【event information】
“SHINBANGUMI JAPAN TOUR 2025”
Friday, January 10, 2025 at Zepp Fukuoka
January 12, 2025 (Sun) at Hiroshima BLUELIVE HIROSHIMA
January 14, 2025 (Tuesday) at Zepp Osaka Bayside, Osaka
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at Zepp Nagoya, Aichi
January 16, 2025 (Thursday) at Zepp DiverCity, Tokyo
Inquiry:Live Nation Japan
*There will be support acts at all shows (to be announced at a later date)
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Pop-up shop @ Tower Records
June 21, 2024 (Friday) at Tower Records AMU Plaza Hakata, Fukuoka
June 22, 2024 (Sat) at Tower Records Hiroshima
June 23, 2024 (Sun) at TOWER VINYL Umeda store in Osaka
June 24, 2024 (Monday) at Aichi Tower Records Nagoya Kintetsu Passe Store
June 25, 2024 (Tuesday) at Tower Records Shibuya, Tokyo, 6th floor
* Autograph sessions will be held at all stores for those who pre-order the album.
*DJ events will also be held at Tower Records Shibuya 6F and TOWER VINYL Umeda.
