After whetting the appetite of fans with the single Everything (It's You), Mr Children have unveiled their highly anticipated seventh album.
Titled Bolero, this release from the Japanese quartet further highlights their ability to produce a fascinating hybrid of musical styles.
The band are bassist Keisuke Nakagawa, guitarist Kenichi Tahara, vocalist Kazutoshi Sakurai and drummer Hideya Suzuki.
Bolero has the unmistakable Mr Children sound yet is a further refinement of the cauldron of mainstream, alternative and hardcore rock that constituted their 1996 smash collection, Deep Ocean, which has clocked almost three million in Japanese sales.
Their sound is powerful yet richly melodic with some distinct pub-feel inflections when it comes to atmospherics.
Brandnew My Lover and Alive sound like classic Mr Children tracks after just a few listens.