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What is LOVE PSYCHEDELICO? It was an important question for Kumi and Naoki in 2003. Their two Japan tours in 2002, saw them develop as a a live band and as a result, their musical style saw some change as well. Their focus seemed to shift to performing songs in real time and taking a more direct approach, but that path went unresolved. Ultimately, after three shows in the beginning of the summer, they left the mainstream of the music scene in order to answer the question “What is LOVE PSYCHEDELICO?”

Therefore, let’s reflect on what kind of group they have been..They have released rock band type of music, even though they are not a band but a duo.. Futhermore, even though it may be a rock band approach, their music is sometime digital with a meticulous building of a track usually based on some abstract idea.A pressure-free mentaility was necessary in order to embody such ideas and images into their music and and in the midst of all this they were beginning to lose sight of themselves.

However, after repeated trial and error, Kumi and Naoki finally found their answer to the LOVE PSYCHEDELICO question on “My last fight”. They have succeeded in making their virtual images more real and add depth, color and unique phrase combinations into their music. It’s a music equivalent of aPicasso and Jackson Pollock painting. The melody based songs softly move the listeners’ feelings just as the repeated dance-music beat stimulate and uplift their senses. This has become the new identity of LOVE PSYCHEDELICO. I learned that they actually enjoyed creating this single and the actual process of making this song was relaxing. Beyond that, these three songs will stick in your heart and give you a peak into the soul of LOVE PSYCHEDELICO.

Text by Yu Onoda