Galileo Galilel (band)
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Their cover of The Boy With The Thorn In His Side was the subject of a Morrissey Central post in June, 2024.
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Galileo Galilei (ガリレオガリレイ) is an indie rock band from Hokkaido, Japan. After successful indie album, they signed into Sony Music and release their debut single in major label called "Natsuzora (夏空)" and become soundtrack of anime "Ōkiku Furikabutte ~Natsu no Taikai-hen~". After that they released two more singles again and released their major debut album called "Parade" (パレード) in February 2011 and peaked at number #5 on Oricon Album Chart.
They released their 4th single "Aoi Shiori (青い栞)" and becoming the soundtrack of anime "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai" and also released a single "Sayonara Frontier" and becoming the soundtrack of "Arakawa Under The Bridge". After being a support member since March 2011, Noguchi Kazumasa officially joined in 13 December 2011. Their 6th single called "Asu E" (明日へ) made appearances on "Mobile Suit Gundam AGE" as a soundtrack. They finally released their second album "Portal" on January 2012.
On September 2012 Iwai Fumito and Noguchi Kazumasa decided to leave the band to pursue their own musical career and they will release their latest EP called "Baby, It's Cold Outside" on the end of October 2012 with three members left. They released 7th single "Circle Game" (サークルゲーム) and once again becoming soundtrack of anime "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai" the movie. They have released their third album "ALARMS" on October 2013 with POP ETC (known in the past as The Morning Benders) on producer.
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Galileo Galilei (ガリレオ・ガリレイ) is a Japanese indie rock band from Wakkanai, Hokkaido. Galileo Galilei was formed in 2007 by singer and guitarist Yūki Ozaki, guitarist Sōhei Funaya, bassist Hitoshi Sakō, and drummer Kazuki Ozaki. Galileo Galilei signed to SME Records with guitarist and backing vocalist Fumito Iwai joining the band in 2009 and keyboard player Kazumasa Noguchi joining in 2011. Galileo Galilei released the albums Parade in 2011 and Portal in 2012 which reached No. 5 and No. 10 respectively on the Japanese music charts. Iwai and Noguchi left Galileo Galilei in 2012 and later formed the group Folks in 2013. Galileo Galilei released their fifth album Sea and The Darkness in January 2016 and announced their breakup after their final tour in April 2016. In 2018, members of Galileo Galilei along with a support guitarist DAIKI formed a new band called Bird Bear Hare and Fish. The film Kanseitou, directed by Takahiro Miki, is based on the Galileo Galilei song of the same name. The song "クライマー" (English: Climber) from their album Sea and The Darkness was featured as an end credit song in the anime Haikyu!!, and more songs were featured in other anime shows. A list can be visible here. The band announced that they were reforming at warbear's "re:bear" live concert that took place on October 11, 2022, after a six-year hiatus. The band released their sixth album Bee And The Whales on May 31, 2023, their first album in seven years. A "Bee and The Whales" Zepp tour is set to start in June 2023.
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