CD + Blu-ray
1) Keep it up!!
2) Arashi no Yoruni
3) Love's Ebb and Flow
4) Just stand by me
5) Hallelujah Lady
6) Hourglass
7) SUMMER LION
8) Yuuhi ni Some Rarete Kimi wa
9) Hoshizora Cycling
10) Meikyuu Shinapusu
11) puzzled
12) Sugarsong
13) Kimi ni Koi Shita Ano Hi Kara
flumpool's last album release was 2020's Real .
Shape the water includes 13 songs , including :
- Keep it up!! ; released digitally on 19th Feb
- SUMMER LION ; released digitally last July ; opening theme no. for the TV Tokyo Drama NEXT drama Hidamari ga Kikoeru
- Meikyuu Shinapusu ; promote the Yumia no Atelier ~Tsuioku no Renkinjutsushi to Gensou no Chi~ RPG
- puzzled ; 10th anniversary theme song for the Houkai Gakuen video game
- Kimi ni Koi Shita Ano Hi Kara ; released digitally last March ; ending theme no. for NTV's DayDay.
Shape the water does not include Ikidzuku that featured Matsushita Nao but a self cover version of the song is included in the fanclub version of the album .
A video was made for Arashi no Yoruni but it's not included in the physical release of Shape the water .
It's hard to believe it has been so long since flumpool last released Real but Shape the water is frankly worth the wait .
Shape the water is flumpool's 1st album not to include any prior physical CD single songs . Despite this the album on whole is pretty good & I think it flows well from start til the end , no pun intended .
After listening to the new album material it's quite easy to see why Arashi no Yoruni had a video made as it's 1 of the more memorable yet stronger songs in the release .
Not all the new songs stood out on 1st listen but the more I listen to Shape the water the more the weaker new songs start to stand their ground against the others .
I've been a fan of flumpool for a very long time & with the release of Shape the water it's heartening to see how far they've come musically .
Shape the water is a worthy successor to Real & I look forward to even more new music from flumpool in the near future .
