THE
EMERALDS, SAMURAI ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIO, RELEASED AN ALBUM AT
ITUNES STORES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
October 02, 2008 - (Yokohama) -- The Emeralds, a Japanese
three piece rock 'n' roll band, released their 1st album
called "LOVE IS ROLLING" at Apple iTunes Stores throughout
the world. This is their 1st full length album following a
mini album and a maxi-single previously released.
The Emeralds has been aggressively promoting themselves not
only in Japan but in western countries as well; in fact,
they just finished a US tour last month. You can check out
their "2008 US God Speed Tour quick review" footage
here.
And "LOVE IS ROLLING" was released on 12 Aug 2008 for their
western fans first from Cattle God Records
(www.australiancattlegod.com) based in Texas, and it would
be released later in Japan and Korea on 22 Oct 2008. The
album was fully mixed and mastered by a gold and platinum
awards winning recording engineer, Andy (or Andrew)
Heermans from Polywog Recording Company.
We are a Japanese rock 'n' roll trio, calling ourselves
"Lovers of the world". Formed in 2002 and in 2004, we
decided to challenge the world and gave it a go at South By
Southwest (or SXSW) in Texas. The result proved we were
indeed qualified to be "LOVERS OF THE WORLD" and since
then, we have been playing at SXSW every year.
Our challenge did not stop at SXSW appearance, and we
played four times as part of its Japan Nite showcase and
toured the states with popular bands like GO!GO!7188, The
50 Kaitenz, Peelander-Z, and Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re.
This year, addition to SXSW and a following tour in Summer,
we toured the states in Spring, played at Canadian Music
Week (pushed our song up to 18th in a Canadian chart),
played in front of 10,000 people in a Korean Summer
Festival, and we were also invited by Anime Weekend Atlanta
(www.awa-con.com) just like last year.
We will come back to the states again in Oct for CMJ Music
Marathon & Film Festival 2008 in New York
(www.cmj.com/marathon/). We will play on 24 Oct at Lit
Lounge with bands such as The Snake Trap, Lick Lick, Lozen,
and Good Times Crisis Band.
We are really glad to have our 1st full length album
available at iTunes Stores because anyone interested in our
music can go to iTunes and buy and start listening to it
immediately, regardless of their countries.
You can listen to some of tracks in the album at
http://www.myspace.com/theemeralds
Some of our interviews and reviews are available at:
http://purpleskymagazine.com/exclusive/japannite08/
http://www.jmusiceuropa.com/uk/article.php?id=4670
The album is available at:
iTunes Music Stores
Amazon.com
Amazon.com MP3
Downloads
Our previous CDs are also available at CD Baby for those
who prefer the better sound quality than digital downloads:
TALK ABOUT LOVE (mini album)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/emeralds
SURFING BABY (Maxi-single)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/emeralds2
The Emeralds' official homepage is,
http://emeralds.jp/
Other Japanese homepages for reference are,
http://smashingmag.com/int/int08/080915emeralds_jet0.html
http://funky802.com/minami/artist/artist.php?aid=20080109
PRESS CONTACT
Hajime Kusano
hajipon ( @ ) emeralds dot jp