Kowareta Piano to Living Dead explained

Kowareta Piano to Living Dead
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mucc
Cover:	Mucc - Kowareta Piano to Living Dead.png
Length:	41:08
Language:	Japanese
Label:	Danger Crue
Prev Title:	Myakuhaku
Prev Year:	2017
Next Title:	Aku
Next Year:	2020

Kowareta Piano to Living Dead (壊れたピアノとリビングデッド; Broken Piano and the Living Dead) is the fourteenth studio album by the Japanese rock band Mucc, released on February 13, 2019 by Danger Crue. It is a "horror concept album.^[1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band had to cancel their Kowareta Piano to Living Dead European tour.^[2]

Recording and production

For Kowareta Piano to Living Dead, Mucc recruited keyboardist Tooru Yoshida to the band for a limited time.^[3] The songs "Vampire" and "Countdown" were based on about 140 demos from the beginning of the band's career: "There were songs that I could hardly use, but some I could do. We listened to all of them, chose about 20 candidates and selected among them ", said guitarist Miya.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at the sixteenth position on Oricon Albums Chart.^[4]

Personnel

• Tatsuro – vocals
• Miya – guitar
• Yukke – bass guitar
• Satochi – drums
• Tooru Yoshida – keyboards

Notes and References

1. Web site: 【インタビュー】逹瑯＆ミヤ [Mucc]、「世に出るタイミングをずっと待っていた曲がある」 ]. [Interview] Tatsuro & Miya [Mucc], "There is a song that has been waiting for the timing to come out." . 2021-03-24 . BARKS . ja.
2. Web site: Sizergyia. 2020-03-22. Mucc cancels Europe tour amid coronavirus pandemic. 2021-03-24. JROCK NEWS. en-US.
3. Web site: January 14, 2019 . Mucc teams up with Tooru Yoshida in concept album Kowareta Piano to Living Dead . October 3, 2021 . JRock News.
4. Web site: 壊れたピアノとリビングデッド Mucc . Broken Piano to Living Dead Mucc . 2020-11-26 . ORICON NEWS . ja.