I’ve heard their song ‘Broken Youth’ that used as Naruto Shippuden Ending about three years ago, without knowing whose that song belong to, simply I felt that the song is good! I love the voice of the vocalist. So strong, energetic, and powerfull! Tapi hanya sebatas itu saja, enggak lebih. Kemudian saat dapet kiriman MV single mereka yang berjudul Diver dari seorang teman beberapa bulan yang lalu, WOAAA!!!! THEY’RE SO DAMN COOOOLLL!!!!!!! I straightly hooked with the vocalist because his fascinating voice (juga karena urat leher dan rahangnya yang selalu eksis saat dia nyanyi *collapsed*) and the guitarist because his amazing finger!!!! Tapi karena sang gitaris sudah ditag temen saya, it’s okay, vokalisnya pun enggak kalah kereeeenn!!!<3<3<3<3
History and Background
NICO Touches the Walls is formed in 2004 (sudah lama dan saya baru tau sekarang, oke saya memang ketinggalan jaman). Mitsumura, Furumura, dan Tsushima adalah anggota di klub light musik yang sama di SMA yang sama. Sakakura berasal dari sekolah yang berbeda, tapi sebelumnya dia bergabung dengan band B+ bareng Mitsumura. Maybe they started played together as a four by it then…
Di tahun yang sama, mereka menyabet Lotte Prize pada Yamaha Music Festival dan memulai hari-hari ini mereka di bawah naungan label Senha & Co dengan karir yang terus meroket sebelum pada akhirnya menandatangi kontrak dengan Ki/oon Records pada tahun 2007.
First I recognized the band’s name, I was just like “What? Touches the Walls?” and reflectly touch the nearest wall right away… Quite unique name, isn’t it?
The name NICO taken from a girl name (Siapa dia?w*A*w *burning*) and ‘Walls’ is a word that presence the obstacles and challenges that the band faced, so word “Touches the Walls” can generally translated as how they want to overcome that obstacles to reach their ambitions.
Discography
EPs
- Walls Is Beginning (February 2006)
- Runova X Handover (October 2006)
- Eden (June 13, 2007)
- How Are You? (November 21, 2007)
Albums
Date | Album | Oricon Chart | |
---|---|---|---|
1st | September 24, 2008 | Who Are You? | 11 |
2nd | November 25, 2009 | Aurora | 17 |
3rd | April 5, 2011 | Passenger | 15 |
4th | December 11, 2011 | Humania | 10 |
Singles
Date | Single | Oricon Chart Position | |
---|---|---|---|
1st | February 20, 2008 | Yoru no Hate (夜の果て) | 61 |
2nd | June 4, 2008 | The Bungy | 49 |
3rd | August 13, 2008 | Broken Youth | 35 |
4th | May 13, 2009 | Big Foot (ビッグフット) | 24 |
5th | August 12, 2009 | Hologram (ホログラム) | 11 |
6th | November 4, 2009 | Kakera subete no Omoitachi he- (かけら-総べての想いたちへ-) | 26 |
7th | August 11, 2010 | Sudden Death Game (サドンデスゲーム) | 28 |
8th | January 12, 2011 | Diver | 7 |
9th | August 17, 2011 | Te o Tatake (手をたたけ) | 15 |
10th | May 16, 2012 | Natsu no Daisankakkei (夏の大三角形) | 16 |
Promotional songs
Number | Date | Song | Album |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2007 | (My Sweet) Eden | Who Are You? |
2 | 2008 | Image Training | |
3 | 2009 | Fuujin (風人) | Aurora |
4 | 2011 | Mousou taiin A (妄想隊員A) | Passenger |
5 | 2011 | Matryoshka (マトリョーシカ) | |
6 | 2011 | Endless Roll | Humania |
7 | 2011 | Baishikuru (バイシクル) |
They’re songs are great! Make sure you listen! XD
Member Profiles
Birthname: Mitsumura Tatsuya
Nickname : Mitsumura, Tatsu, Micchan (ngga ikhlas akang Tatsuya dipanggil begini. Micchan kan nama pacarnya Doraemoooonnnnnnn =3=)
Birthday : 8 September 1985
Blood Type: AB
Instrument: Vocal, Guitar, Harmonica, Whistle, other.
Hometown: Nishinomiya, Hyogo
One thing that make me loves him is, he is the real musician!! Kemampuan vokalnya, otot lehernya, kemampuan dia nulis & compose lagu, kemampuan improvisasinya saat main live, kemampuan main alat musiknya, dan kesinkronan otaknya pas nyanyi sambil main gitar yang nadanya beda 180°! *ngemut bantal*
Bahkan vokalis flumpool mengaku pengen punya suara seperti Mitsumura Tatsuya (ehm, vokalis flumpool itu menurutku lebih cocok jadi member boyband dari pada personel band karena suaranya mendayu-dayu dan tampangnya Barbie=_= #eh, OOT)
Birthname: Furumura Daisuke
Nickname: Furukun, Furulun, Daichan
Birthday: 1 Maret 1985
Blood Type: B
Instrument: guitar
Hometown: Hakodate, Hokkaido
Berasal dari Hokkaido dan pindah ke Chiba saat kelas 3 SD, ia punya ambisi besar dalam bidang musik, dan rela menghabiskan liburan musim semi dan musim panasnya saat SMA untuk beli telecaster yang ia inginkan (well I understand how it feels since I got hooked by some beautiful guitar too but don’t have enough money as well=.=).
Tapi jujur, aku masih engga ngerti sama orang ini. Kadang dia kawaii banget, perilakunya kayak anak kecil. Hobi ngelakuin hal aneh-aneh dan perkataannya selalu bikin personel lain ngakak. Tapi kadang juga dia bisa jadi orang cool yang jarang ngomong. Ah, demo nee, walaupun kawaii, kalo udah pegang gitar jarinya bisa jadi cadas \m/
Kalo cari foto keseharian Daisuke, tangannya nggak jauh dari gitar, minuman, dan makanan. Jadi bisa dibilang dialah Shikshin-nya NICO.
Birthname: Tsushima Shotaro
Nickname: Tsushima (kayaknya karena dia paling tua, personel lain nggak berani ngasih julukan aneh-aneh)
Birthday: 28 Januari 1985
Blood Type: B
Instrument: Drums, Percussion
Walau sebelumnya tergabung di light music club yang sama dengan Mitsumura & Furumura, Tsushima adalah member yang terakhir bergabung dengan NICO Touches the Walls. Kare to Daichan wa osananajimi da!
About the personality, menurutku di antara yang lainnya yang sikapnya di publik sering berubah-ubah (sometimes cool, sometimes over serious, and sometimes crazy playful), Tsushima-lah yang paling konstan dengan kepribadiannya. Yang bikin aku salut sama orang ini karena dia bisa ngedrum sekalian ngeback vocal! #gigit jari
Birthname: Sakakura Shingo
Nickname: Sakkan, sakkakun, Sakakurakun, Ringo, Sensei, Shinchan
Birthday: 24 July 1985
Blood Type: AB
Instrument: Bass
The only member from other school, sebelum NICO Touches the Walls dibentuk, ia dan Mitsumura sudah tergabung dalam band dan sering bermain bersama. Merupakan lulusan dari Waseda University (HOW AMAZING!! I mean, it’s Waseda seriously!!!XD). Punya kemampuan bicara yang bagus (iyalah, Waseda!) sehingga sering berbagi tugas dengan Tatsuya untuk bicara di depan publik.
Have a flaming cool, wise, and peace charisma onstage but warm and cheerful person offstage. Although till now I dunno who the leader of NICO Touches the Walls is (fangirl macam apa ini…), but somehow I have strong feeling that Sakkan senpai is the leader!
Take it with full credits!
hi… i like micchan too..he IS a real musician isn’t he?…totally agreed on everything you wrote about them…another thing that i found this group to be simply amazing is that they don’t really stick to one genre of music so you won’t feel bored listening to their songs
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Yass!! OMG so happy to find person who has EXACTLY similar thoughts about them as I am!
I think NICO Touches The Walls is special because if there’s another J-band who had initial tunes that you would recognize it’s them from the first ever second of a new songs, NICO is ABSOLUTELY different! They’re adventurous yet are genius!
Thank you for stopping by and leave me THAT amazing comment 😀
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