Maaya composes song for 'driving in the silence'

We’re currently being battered by a typhoon here on Honshu. This is my first proper one, and I’m actually surprised at how strong the wind is even though I have a whole bunch of mountains between me and the centre of the storm. So! I decided to listen to last night’s Vitamin M.

So I was hoping my apartment block wouldn’t get blown away when Maaya announced something that was a pleasant surprise: the new concept album will have a song composed by Maaya herself! This will be the first one (that’s made it to release, at least) since everywhere! And she played everywhere, building up to the news perhaps? She played the first half of buddy again as well, what a tease for those of us on the internet stream!

Other information I gleaned was that Tomioka Mill isn’t a World Heritage Site yet but is currently aiming to be one. I stand corrected. Still, must be a pretty special place. She also had a chat about visiting Europe and Egypt. Including the marketplaces of Egypt and being offered a million types of ball pen.

Maaya said that the recording was almost finished: “The end is in sight!” Recording both the singles and album at the same side, she got confused at times about which song was meant for which release. Then she moved on to announcing that her own song would be included. Hurray!

And ended with Okaerinasai…argh, I want to hear these new songs so badly! Especially since they are on air each week and she already sang Okaerinasai at the Tamayura event. Perhaps I should buy a radio.