Ongaku (音楽 (ミュージック), Music)[1] is the sixth studio album by Japanese rock band Tokyo Jihen, released on June 9, 2021, through EMI Records.
Tokyo Jihen had dissolved in 2012 and had only briefly unofficially reunited on December 31, 2016, as Shiina Ringo's backing band in the 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
[4] On April 23, 2021, it was announced that the band would release their first full album after resuming activities on June 9, which is "Rock Day".
[6][7] Additionally, Shiina said the album's chord work as "may be more jazz than funk", citing Miles Davis and Roy Hargrove as similarities.
Tracks 6 ("青のID", "Blue Period") and 8 ("赤の同盟", "Red Alliance") are both named after colors, while odd-number songs all feature male vocalists.