Mr.Children to release a new album on October 3rd

On October 3rd, Mr.Children will be releasing their new album “Jūryoku to kokyū” (Gravity and Breathing).

The album marks the first album in three years and four months since their last album “REFLECTION”.

Lead vocalist Sakurai Kazutoshi said, “There are times when I meet young musicians who tell me they started listening to Mr. Children and admire our music and while it’s pleasant to hear that, it also makes me feel a bit conflicted because I feel that we still have something that we are aiming for and we still have a strong admiration to create music.  So, knowing that younger musicians would listen to this album, I wanted to make this new album bigger because it’s not just intended for us anymore.  And that is the feeling when we produced this album, that one will get that feeling when they listen to our latest album.  I finally have something to say about this new album, I feel this is the best album that we have made!”.