Natsu no Yoru

[Machine Translation] This is the debut single of Rina Katahira, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter from and currently residing in Fukushima, who has been attracting a lot of attention even before her debut. The song she sang in the final of "Senko Riot 2011" and changed her life, "Natsu no Yoru", has been newly arranged by Masanori Shimada and re-sung as the title track. The coupling song "baby" was produced by Takahiro Yamada of ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION and is the theme song for J SPORTS STADIUM2013, "Come Back Home" is the image song for the 50th anniversary of FTV Fukushima TV, in which Johnny Saito of Goose House also plays the mandolin, etc. Come Back Home", an image song for the 50th anniversary of FTV Fukushima TV, which also features Goose House's Johnny Saito on mandolin, and "Hajimari ni", which was released in January 2013 and was selected for the power play on all 6 stations in the Tohoku region (it was ranked #2 on the Recochoku Daily Chart, which is unusual for a newcomer), are included. The single is a debut disc that is full of her charms.

人気ラジオ番組「SCHOOL OF LOCK!」主催の国内最大級のオーディション「閃光ライオット」にて1万組の中から審査員特別賞を受賞し、デビュー前から高い注目を集めてきた福島出身、福島在住21歳の シンガーソングライター片平里菜のデビュー・シングル。「閃光ライオット2011」決勝の舞台で歌唱し、彼女の人生を変えた楽曲「夏の夜」を島田昌典氏のアレンジを加え、歌も歌い直し表題曲として新たに収録。カップリングにはASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION山田貴洋プロデュースでJ SPORTS STADIUM2013テーマソング「baby」、Goose House齊藤ジョニーもマンドリンなどで参加している、FTV福島テレビの開局50周年イメージソング「Come Back Home」、2013年1月に配信リリースし、東北地区全6局でパワープレイに選出された「始まりに」(新人としては異例のレコチョクデイリーチャート 2位を獲得)の弾き語りライブ音源を収録し、シングルにして彼女の魅力が充分詰まったデビュー盤 に仕上がっている。