結束バンド Album
Kessoku Band (Japanese: 結束バンド, Hepburn: Kessoku Bando) is a studio album by Kessoku Band, a fictional musical group from the anime television series Bocchi the Rock!. Aniplex released the album digitally on December 25, 2022, and physically on CD on December 28.
Kessoku Band is a fictional musical group in the manga series Bocchi the Rock!. In the anime adaptation of the manga, Yoshino Aoyama, Sayumi Suzushiro, Saku Mizuno, and Ikumi Hasegawa provided the voices for Kessoku Band’s members Hitori Gotō, Nijika Ijichi, Ryō Yamada, and Ikuyo Kita, respectively. After the airing of the fifth episode, it was announced that the group will release a self-titled album, consisting of 14 tracks including those featured in the anime series. The musicians in charge of Kessoku Band, Osamu Hidai (drums), Yūichi Takama (bass), Akkin [ja] (guitar) and Ritsuo Mitsui (guitar), were selected by music director Gen Okamura through personal connections.
"Secret Base", "I Can’t Sing a Love Song", "The Little Sea", and "Flashbacker" are newly recorded songs for the album, while "Rockn’ Roll, Morning Light Falls on You" is a cover of the Asian Kung-Fu Generation song of the same name, and served as the ending song of the anime’s twelfth and final episode. Several Japanese musicians have contributed to the album’s songs, such as Ai Higuchi [ja], Otoha [ja], Ikkyū Nakajima of Tricot and Genie High, Maguro Taniguchi [ja] of Kana-Boon, Yūho Kitazawa of The Peggies, Kayoko Kusano [ja], and Zaq.
The album was released digitally on December 25, 2022, and physically on CD on December 28.[6] A limited edition of the CD included a Blu-ray containing the opening and ending sequences of the anime series.
Thanks to SudoName and RadioactiveJellyfish for providing the music playlist script!
