Lyric

**Released October 9, 2019**
**Tanakajiken - 1st Album**
The first release from 4JC RECORDS, based at NAVARO in Kumamoto.

*"I dedicate this album to my beloved, utterly worthless My Generation, who once existed here."*

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### Original Album Description (2019)

Klagenicole, an alternative rock band formed in Kumamoto in 2007, marked the beginning of a long and varied musical journey. Since then, Tanaka Jiken - Kumamoto's very own Jack Kerouac - has continued making music in numerous forms, including Mice Wet Shoes, Klagitz, zankyo-souchi, and nahuelito.

Now, with a renewed determination to pursue his solo career, Tanaka Jiken releases his first solo album nationwide.

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### Comments from Fellow Musicians and Artists

**Manabu Murakami (Tesla Doesn't Know How to Cry.)**

"If you like him, you'll like this album. And if you like this album, you'll surely come to like him, too.

Honest, unpretentious sounds and words.

We've grown up, and yet somehow we still haven't managed to become adults.

Listening to this music makes me feel terribly wistful, but afterward, strangely refreshed.

If growing up means being able to make music like this, maybe becoming an adult isn't such a bad thing after all."

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**YAOAY a.k.a. Soon Sasaguchi (Uminote, Taiheiyou Shiranui Gakudan, and others)**

"I had the pleasure of drawing the cover artwork for the first album by Tanaka Jiken from Kumamoto.

I put my heart into it and had a great time drawing it, so I really hope it reaches lots of people.

He asked for jellyfish, several mice, an abandoned house, the sea, the sun, and a few other things. So I went ahead and pu