Taking a page out of the Remioromen playbook, Merengue play a very safe, mellow form of rock music. Formed around 2002, the trio has stuck to the basics across all four of their albums to-date, focusing more on solid songwriting than on fancy playing or studio tricks. They keep things nice and calm, with the same sort of desperate earnestness in the vocals as that of the aforementioned Remioromen, as well as the likes of Bump of Chicken, Spitz or some of The Pillows' most mellow songs. They play what I can't help but think of as "safe rock," or some other soft, fuzzy singer-songwriter "liftstyle" music you'd most likely hear in a large coffee-shop chain. It's all very pretty and straightforward, with a few pianos and other hazy electronic touches that break up the usual clean guitars and drum ticks. Merengue does mix things up with some electronics a bit more than other bands of the genre, but even their more spacey songs tend to be on the warm-fuzzy side. Very nostalgic and sunny, coffee with the girlfriends, watching children play in the yard kind of stuff.
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Members
Kenji Kubo - vocals, guitars, synthesizer
Takeshi Yamazaki - drums
Tsuyoshi Takeshita - bass
Major Releases
星の出来事 (2006)
Hatsukoi sunset (2004)
Shoujo Placebo (2003)
Ginga (2002)
Chameleon (カメレオン)
Kimi ni Haru wo Omou
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this is my buddies band..
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