Tower Records has selected one additional push item for Tower Records in January 2025. The additional selection this time is Retrolin’s “Another Diversity,” whose release was announced on January 1st of this year. Along with the previously announced Hedigan’s “Chance” and Roomies “ECHO,” Tower Recommend will be pushing three sets of works in January at all stores and online.
With the motto “Let’s create breakout items right from the store shelves!”, Tower Records buyers from all over the country, regardless of Western, Japanese, or genre, trust only their ears and intuition to discover artists who have yet to become a hot topic in the public eye. “Tower Recommend” is a famous project that will be picked up quickly and rolled out at all stores with a big push.
This project, which started in 2006, is a highly promoted project in which items are decided every month through serious presentations and voting by buyers, and are rolled out to all stores.
◆Tower Recommendation/Additional lineup for January 2025
・Retroliron
“Another Diversity”
Released on Wednesday, January 22nd
◆Click here for the two works announced earlier (announced on December 23rd)
・Hedigan’s “Chance” released on Wednesday, January 15th
・Roomies “ECHO” released on Wednesday, January 8th
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■January Tower Recommendation/additional selected product details
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Artist Retroliron
Title: Another Diversity
Release date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Price: 1,650 yen (tax included)
Label Lastrum
Work introduction
Formed in June 2020 with Suzune, who was active as a singer-songwriter. Their lyrics are about the true feelings of living today, their addictive and soulful singing voices, and their genre-defying play created by members with different backgrounds. “Midnight 6:00” released in 2022 became a hit among young people, and was active at large festivals across the country, starting with COUNTDOWN JAPAN 22/23 held in the same year. The Tokyo-Meihan one-man event held from February to March 2024 has sold out all venues, and the momentum is steadily increasing. This is the 3rd EP that includes 3 new songs including “Unbalance Blend” which was popular on the Sportify viral chart and Shazam chart, “Joudo” which was selected for FM802 heavy rotation, and “Categorize” which is the theme song for a late night drama.
Comments from Tower Recommendators
Recommended by: Shibuya store / Sakurama / Abeno Hoop store / Akama / Sapporo Parco store / Nakanishi / Product management department / Kuboyama
A pop band that releases genre-less songs that are light and familiar to the ears. Also pay attention to the catchy melody and lyrics that touch the hearts of listeners. No matter what you say, the vocals’ soulful singing voice is attractive.
*Reference ■January Tower Recommendation/Details of products announced on December 23rd *In alphabetical order
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Artist Hedigan’s
Title Chance
Release date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Price: 3,950 yen (tax included)
Label FCLS
Work introduction
Composed of 5 members: Yosuke Kasai “YONCE” (vo, g), Masaharu Kurita (g), Yusuke Kurita (key), Takuma Motomura (b), and Gaku Ouchi (ds). They held irregular live performances in parallel with their respective band activities, but they started in earnest in 2023, and released their first single “LOVE (XL)” in November of the same year. The 2nd single “Logic is Lonely” will be released in January 2024. In February of the same year, he released his first EP “2000JPY” on CD. This is the 1st album in which all 10 songs will be released on CD for the first time. In addition, the CD is limited to a full recording of the live sound source from 2023’s “EPOCHS ~Music & Art Collective~”, which was the band’s first live performance.
Tower Recommendator Commentto
Recommended by: Shinjuku store/Shimizu
The long-awaited 1st album from Suchmos’ new band featuring YONCE. Now that Suchmos is restarting, this is a work that I would like to propose again.
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Artist Roomies
Title ECHO
Release date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Price: 2,750 yen (tax included)
Label P-VINE
Work introduction
A 4-piece neo-soul band formed in 2019 led by Sosuke Oikawa (Syn). The second work is the first CD release. It opens refreshingly with the light prologue-like number “When We’ll Be Together,” followed by the most straight-forward pop tune in the album, “Like This.” “Before”, “Hypnotized” is a mesmerizing medium song with a title similar to Maze Meets MJ, and the mellow Teddy Pendergrass + Hall & Oates + alpha song whose 7-inch single released in March was sold out. A retake of “Sweet Dreams”, Kevin’s appealing singing voice touches the heart, and the ballad “Close To Being In” is reminiscent of D’Angelo. Love”, the groovy “Stay As You Are” with a 70’s to 80’s soul feel, and the danceable title track “ECHO”, which is the closer and lead single.A total of 9 songs that are attractive with well-thought-out arrangements and skillful performances. .
Comments from Tower Recommendators
Recommended by: Shibuya store/Nagaoka/Nagoya Kintetsu Passe store/Hayakawa/Akashi store/Ito/Sapporo Parco store/Nakanishi/Namba Parks store/Yasuda
A pleasant music experience with soulful and sweet singing voices and sounds packed with the essence of soul, AOR, city pop, and more!