英国出身の人気バンド、ザ・ヴァンプス、5枚目のスタジオ・アルバムとともにカムバック!

これまでに発表した4枚のアルバムすべてが、母国イギリスで10位以内にチャートインするなど、輝かしい実績を誇るザ・ヴァンプス。
キャリア10年目を迎えた今、世界的なパンデミックの発生により、改めてバンドが何を伝えたいのか、立ち止まり考える時間持つことができたという。
「第一に、自分たちが愛し、支持できるアルバム」をコンセプトに、最も完全な形となった彼らの5枚目のスタジオ・アルバムが遂に完成。
成長とともにより一層の輝きを放つザ・ヴァンプスに乞うご期待!

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2020/08/05）

On the heels of a two-year break, Britains the Vamps return with their fourth and most mature recording to date, 2020s Cherry Blossom. The album, which follows 2017s U.K. chart-topping Night & Day, finds the group collaborating with a handful of top-level producers and songwriters, including Jack & Coke (Tove Lo, Carly Rae Jepsen), Lostboy (Kwassa, Anne-Marie), and JHart (Little Mix, Fifth Harmony). In the past, the band have explored guitar-based pop, electronic dance music, and romantic boy-band balladry. Still teenagers when the Vamps started, here they bring all of that past experience to bear on a handful of assured and inspired songs that fit the group as they enter their mid-twenties. Rife with electronic and R&B undercurrents, the album showcases the bands deepened sense for hooky songcraft, a vibe that brings to mind the work of artists like Justin Timberlake and Maroon 5. Lead singer Bradley Simpson, who helped oversee the albums production, pushed the group towards a more sophisticated brand of pop thats both stylish and marked by just enough self-aware humor to keep things fun. On the kinetic and funky Married in Vegas, Simpson paints a wry picture of Sin City romance, singing Pushing 106 down PCH/I drink you down, the aftertaste/Tastes like heartbreak and mistakes, but I cant wait. Other engaging tracks follow, including the 80s adult contemporary-sounding Would You, the Terence Trent DArby-esque Bitter, and the neo-soul-inspired Protocol. We also get the nervy electro-funk of Chemicals and the synthy, soundtrack-ready anthem Nothing But You. As the title implies, Cherry Blossom is an album of new beginnings that also works as a milestone in the Vamps career. ~ Matt Collar

Rovi