The Hiatus Explained

the HIATUS
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Japan
Genre:	Alternative rock, progressive rock, experimental rock
Years Active:	2009–present
Label:	For Life Music, Iron Gear, Nayutawave
Associated Acts:	Ellegarden Toe (band) Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Website:	http://thehiatus.com/ http://www.universal-music.co.jp/the-hiatus
Current Members:	Takeshi Hosomi Masasucks Koji Ueno Takashi Kashikura Ichiyo Izawa
Past Members:	Hirohisa Horie

The Hiatus is a Japanese rock supergroup formed by Takeshi Hosomi, lead vocalist of Ellegarden.

Members

• – vocals, guitar (Ellegarden, MONOEYES)
• Masasucks – guitar (Fullscratch)
• – bass (Radio Caroline, ex-Thee Michelle Gun Elephant)
• – drums (Toe)
• – keyboard (Neil & Iraiza) - Left group in late 2012 to pursue his own album

Live support members

• – drums (Asparagus)
• – keyboard (Tokyo Jihen) - Became full-time keyboard player after Hirohisa Horie's departure

Visual artists

• – illustration
• Balcolony – art direction/design
• – CGI direction/motion graphics
• – music video director

Discography

Albums

• Trash We'd Love (May 27, 2009)
• Anomaly (June 30, 2010)
• A World of Pandemonium (November 23, 2011)
• Keeper of the Flame (March 26, 2014)
• Hands of Gravity (July 6, 2016)
• Our Secret Spot (July 24, 2019)^[1]

EPs

• Insomnia (November 18, 2009)
• Hatching Mayflies (June 1, 2011)
• Horse Riding (July 31, 2013)

DVD

• The Hiatus Trash We'd Love Love Tour Final at Studio Coast (December 23, 2009)
• The Afterglow - A World of Pandemonium (September 12, 2012)
• The Afterglow Tour 2012 (March 22, 2013)
• Closing Night - Keeper of the Flame Tour 2014 - Nippon Budokan 2014.12.22 (June 24, 2015)

Live albums

• The Afterglow Tour 2012 (March 22, 2013)

See also

• Ellegarden
• Nothing's Carved in Stone

External links

• Official website
• The Hiatus on Nayutawave Records
• Takeshi Hosomi's website
• Koji Ueno's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our Secret Spot by the HIATUS. Apple Music. July 31, 2019.