Ieiri Leo ~ "Silly" - 8th single release announce

Today's post isn't about Kajiura Yuki, FictionJunction or angela.  :P Instead, today's post is about one of my other favourites singer-songwriter Ieiri Leo. :)

Ieiri Leo made a new single announce on Friday evening.  Her new single titled "Silly" will be released on the 19th Nov 2014.  Oh..... that's the same date that Kalafina's single "Believe" is released.  Well, I guess I will be shipping them together then. :)

This single will be the final single she will release before she turns twenty on the 13th Dec.  For those who may not know, for the Japanese, their 20th birthday is an important event.  The year they turn 20 (or hatachi in Japanese) is the year they come of age.

The title song of the new single, "Silly", has been chosen to be the theme song for a new drama that's scheduled to premier on the 17th Oct, Friday 10pm.  The drama is titled "N no tameni" (『Nのために』).  This makes it the fourth time that Ieiri has provided a song for use in a drama series as a theme song.

This new series stars Eikura Nana and is based on an original work by award winning crime fiction and thriller writer, Minato Kanae.  The popular writer's début work, "Confessions" (Kokuhaku), won the Honya Taisho Award and was made famous by Nakashima Tetsuya who's film based on the book was not only a huge commercial success but also critically praised and became Japan's entry to the 83rd Academy Awards.

Minato also wrote "Yakou Kanransya" which was also adapted into a drama series in 2013 and also aired on TBS.  The same production crew that made "Yakou Kanransya" were gathered to make "N no tameni".  CLICK ME to read about the drama.

They will be releasing 3 versions of this single.  And as seems to be a common thing in Ieiri's releases, one of the Limited Edition versions comes with a DVD containing clips of her live performance.  Also, as is often the case with Ieiri's releases, each edition comes with tracks that are not found in the other versions.

The cover art and track list have all be released and the versions are as follows:

Limited Edition A (CD+DVD)

CD
1. Silly (theme song for "N no tameni")
2. Negai koto (願い事)
3 Yuki no Shirushi (勇気のしるし) < mage Song of the 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2014>
4. Silly ~ instumental

DVD
Silly ~ music video
Making of
and other tracks


Limited Edition B (CD+DVD)

CD
1. Silly (theme song for "N no tameni")
2. Negai koto (願い事)
3 Yuki no Shirushi (勇気のしるし) < mage Song of the 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2014>
4. Silly ~ Instrumental


DVD
1. LIVE video 2012.2.15@Shibuya eggman
2. LIVE video 2012.5.17@TOWER RECORDS SHIBUYA
3. LIVE video 2013.1.25@Shibuya Club Quattro
4. LIVE video 2014.2.22 @ Makuhari Messe
5. LIVE video 2014.8.2 @ Hitachinaka beach


Regular Edition (CD only)

CD

1. Silly (theme song for "N no tameni")
2. Negai koto (願い事)
3 Yuki no Shirushi (勇気のしるし) < mage Song of the 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2014>
4. Silly ~ Instrumental
5. Negai koto ~ instumental
6.Yuki no Shirushi ~ instrumental

I'll definitely pick up this release.  I'm just not sure if I want to pick up all the versions yet. :)

If you guys can afford it and like Ieiri's music.  Please do make a purchase to support. :)  You are welcomed to use the place that I usually use.  Just click the version title of each verions above. :)

Okay... it's pretty late... I'm off to bed.  :)