It’s not every day a brand new MOTHER album is announced, is it? While 2020 has been a difficult year for most, the team behind the MOTHER series has brightened our days between all of the trials and tribulations. We were first delighted with the announcement of the “Hobonichi MOTHER Project” back in April, and since then we’ve been graced with a treasure trove of new merchandise, as well as a comic book! Of course, it doesn’t stop there — as of the 28th of November, a brand new album titled “MOTHER Music Revisited” was announced.

Keiichi Suzuki, composer behind the MOTHER series, has had a long, celebrated career in the music industry, spanning over fifty years. Thus, a live concert event was held at Tokyo Billboard Live on November 28th to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his career! Naturally, MOTHER’s sound programmer Hirokazu Tanaka accompanied him at the concert as well. That’s not all, as the two veteran musicians were backed by an iron-clad lineup consisting of Naomi Iwasaki on bass, Takashi Kashiwakura on drums, Tomohiko Gondo playing the flugelhorn, Yusuke Sato performing vocals and keyboard, and Shuta Nishida on guitar.

The new album was announced during the daytime performance of this event. MOTHER Music Revisited will launch on January 27th, 2021. You will be able to purchase a standard edition CD, two disc deluxe edition CD, or a deluxe edition vinyl. This album will feature new arrangements and vocals for ten songs from the classic MOTHER soundtrack from 1989. Still love the original arrangements? That’s no problem, as the deluxe edition will come with a second disc containing the original album! 

Unfortunately a digital release has yet to be announced, but if anything comes to fruition we’ll be sure to update you! The Hobonichi MOTHER Project has given us much to be excited about, so let’s cross our fingers that this isn’t the end. Until whatever comes next, let’s jam out to these PK rockin’ new tunes!