| Me and My Bellbottom Blues | ||
|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Sonic Flower | ||
| Released | September 30 2022 | |
| Recorded | 2020 - 2022 in Tokyo, Japan | |
| Genre | Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock | |
| Length | 40:45 | |
| Producer | Sonic Flower | |
| Sonic Flower chronology | ||
| Rides Again (2021) |
Me and My Bellbottom Blues (2022) |
TBA (TBA) |
Me and My Bellbottom Blues is the third studio album by the Japanese psychedelic band Sonic Flower. Recorded between 2020 and 2022, it would be the first original recordings by the band in nearly twenty years along with being the first Sonic Flower album to feature a vocalist. It would be released in September 2022 via Heavy Psych Sounds.
Background[]
On 26 February 2019 Tatsu Mikami would state "Sonic Flower rides again!" and announce a second album in the works along with a new lineup, including original Church of Misery singer Kazuhiro Asaeda. The forthcoming album is slated to have seven original songs along with a Savoy Brown cover.[1] On 4 November 2020 it would be announced that Sonic Flower had signed with Heavy Psych Sounds. Along with planning this new studio album for 2021, the label would re-issue the self-titled debut in 2021 along with a previously unreleased album in Rides Again, recorded and shelved in 2005 and featuring covers of Graham Central Station and The Meters.[2] On 13 July 2021 part of a new song would be shared on social media, revealing a new lineup and recording done at Studio Zen with Ken and Yukito Okazaki.
In June 2022 details on the band's third album (And first recordings in over fifteen years) would surface. Mixed by Yukito Okazaki (Eternal Elysium), Me and My Bellbottom Blues would be released on 30 September 2022 via Heavy Psych Sounds.[3] Me and My Bellbottom Blues would garner positive reviews from the likes of The Sleeping Shaman[4] and It's Psychedelic, Baby!.[5]
Tracklist[]
- 1. Swineherd (6:58)
- 2. Love Like Rubber (5:33)
- 3. Black Sheep (6:38)
- 4. Captain Frost (3:39)
- 5. Quicksand Planet (5:58)
- 6. Poor Girl (4:00)
- 7. Sonic Flower (7:59)
Personnel[]
- Tatsu Mikami - Bass
- Kazuhiro Asaeda - Vocals
- Toshiaki Umemura - Drums
- Fumiya Hattori - Guitar
- Yukito Okazaki - Mixing, Producer