Blind Spot, the band comprised of former SEGA Sound Team Band members and who we’ve covered on Driven in the past, are back with a new album; Blind Spot V. As the name suggests, it’s their 5th main album, and it brings with it a slew of both original tracks and rearrangements of classic, and often underrated SEGA music.
The full tracklist is as follows, via BEEP:
01 Bonanza Bros（ボナンザブラザーズ）
02 Outride a Crisis（スーパーハングオン）
03 Ooimachi Blues
04 Jyuouki（獣王記）
05 Parallel Spokes
06 OPA-OPA（ファンタジーゾーン）
07 Hakone Party
08 NervePaint10
09 Eventide
10 Super MonacoGP（スーパーモナコGP）
11 This Is My Happiness（スペースチャンネル５）
One of the highlights of these albums is seeing the band get to cover SEGA tracks that they didn’t get to during their original tenure as the S.S.T. Band; the previous album included a cover of Dreams Dreams from NiGHTS… into Dreams, and this time around we’re getting a cover of This Is My Happiness, from Space Channel 5. The new tracks such as Parallel Spokes also sound absolutely sublime!
The album will debut at the Tokyo Game Music Show as usual, but it’s also available for mail order via BEEP. All of Blind Spot’s previous albums have also appeared on Spotify eventually, so if import fees have you worried, a digital option shouldn’t be too far off.
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