Day 44: Start Of The Day

I first discovered Japanese music through a podcast my freshman year. (2007) The podcast was called 'All Rock, No Talk: Music From Japan' and it was an awesome introduction to j-rock. I found so many amazing bands through there. Perfume, Aural Vampire, Gollbetty, Chirinuruwowaka, Chatmonchy, Last Alliance, Bleach, Mika Nakashima, die!!die!!color!!!!, Mihimaru GT, SNoW, Start Of The Day, etc. I seriously wish I could find the person who did this podcast and give them a massive hug, because they majorly influenced my music tastes for the better.

Anyway, nostalgia aside, today's band is one that I discovered through that podcast: Start Of The Day. I love them dearly! I really dig unique voices, and Atsuko Watanabe definitely has one. The band has gone through a lot of changes since this song came out, (i.e: new drummer and bassist) but they're still awesome, and they'll have a new album out in Japan this September! The song is 'Hero of the Starry Night' the first song I ever heard of theirs, and my absolute favorite.



(p.s They were Start of the Day, then StartOfTheDay, and now they're Start of the Day again, right? This is confusing, lol)