Ikimonogakari tries again with a fresh restart at year's end!

As a Christmas gift to the fans three-member band Ikimonogakari dropped a small preview of their upcoming track “try again” on their official YouTube channel. It was set to be one of the lead songs of their album WE DO, which dropped December 25, 2019 and was also chosen to be the legal firm You Can’s 2020 campaign song.

As previously reported, WE DO dropped with a bombastic thirteen tracks and includes recently released singles “SING”, “STAR LIGHT JOURNEY”, and “太陽” (“Taiyo”). It was released with a single-disc standard edition and two-disc limited edition. The second disc will include the live concert rip of their latest Fan Class tour which took place back in May 2019 at the famous Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo.

Check out the music video in question along with order links for WE DO below!

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Limited edition

Ikimonogakari brings fans extra holiday gift with new album!

Popular three-member pop rock group Ikimonogakari announced that they will be dropping a brand new album, WE DO, December 25. Kicking off the group’s twentieth year anniversary, WE DO will be their latest album since FUN! FUN! FANFARE! back in 2014, with planning for this album going back to November of last year. Dropping with a bombastic thirteen tracks, the album will include recently released singles “SING!”, “STAR LIGHT JOURNEY”, and “太陽” (“Taiyo”) and will be released with a single-disc standard edition and two-disc limited edition. The second disc will include the live concert rip of their latest Fan Class tour that took place back in May at the famous Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo.

IkimonoMatsuri 2020 ~Kessei 20nen Dayo!! OwaishimaSHOW!!~

09/19/2020 Shizuoka’s Ecopa Arena

09/20/2020 Shizuoka’s Ecopa Arena

09/26/2020 Fukuoka’s Marine Messe

10/03/2020 Mie’s  Mie Prefectural Sun Arena

10/04/2020 Mie’s  Mie Prefectural Sun Arena

10/14/2020 Osaka’s Osaka Castle Hall

10/15/2020 Osaka’s Osaka Castle Hall

10/21/2020 Kanagawa’s Yokohama Arena

10/22/2020 Kanagawa’s Yokohama Arena

11/07/2020 Kanagawa’s Pia Arena MM 

11/08/2020 Kanagawa’s Pia Arena MM

11/14/2020 Miyagi’s Sekisui Heim Super Arena

Ikimonogakari also announced that they will be holding an anniversary tour lovingly called いきものまつり2020 ～結成20周年だよ!! お祝いしまSHOW!!!～ (IkimonoMatsuri 2020 ~Kessei 20nen Dayo!! OwaishimaSHOW!!~). The tour currently will span across six prefectures and seven venues (full schedule and location info available at right).

Pre-order WE DO in the links below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition

Kiyoe Yoshioka Announces New Solo Album!

Vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka of Ikimonogakari fame announced today a brand new solo album, うたいろ ( Utairo), being released on October 24. Yoshioka commented that she chose the title Utairo because she wanted to sing solo and decided this album will be a cover album. The album will cover several popular artist such as Kenshi Yonezu, Yuzu and even the the band Peter, Paul, and Mary.

Preorder your copy of Utairo here.