The Hiatus is a Japanese rock band formed by Takeshi Hosomi; the former lead vocalist of Ellegarden. Their official site defines The Hiatus as "a project of music and art, depicters."
Members
Recording artists
1st album
* Takeshi Hosomi (細美 武士, Hosomi Takeshi?, from Ellegarden) - Vocals, Guitar, Record producer
* Masasucks (Fullscratch) - Guitar
* Koji Ueno (ウエノ コウジ, Ueno Koji?, Radio Caroline, ex-Thee Michelle Gun Elephant) - Bass
* Takashi Kashikura (柏倉 隆史, Kashikura Takashi?, from Toe) - Drums
* Hirohisa Horie (堀江 博久, Horie Hirohisa?, from Neil & Iraiza) - Keyboard, Record producer
Tour artists
Recording artists +
* Masakazu Ichise (一瀬 正和, Ichise Masakazu?, from Asparagus) - Drums
* Ichiyou Izawa (伊澤 一葉, Izawa Ichiyou?, from Tokyo Incidents) - Keyboard
Visual artists
* Kaori Maki (牧かほり, Maki Kaori?) - Illustration
* Balcolony - ArtDirection/Design
* Sora Matsumoto (松本 空, Matsumoto Sora?) - CGI Direction/ Motion Graphics
* Shuichi Banba (番場 秀一, Banba Shuichi?) - Music Video Director
History
The Hiatus was formed by Takeshi Hosomi during the spring of 2009 after Ellegarden announced their hiatus in May 2008. The Hiatus started as Takeshi Hosomi's solo project without live performance, and other members were gathered to record the first album. Other members include guitarist Masasucks from Fullscratch, bassist Ueno Koji from Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, drummer Kashikura Takashi from Toe, and pianist Hirohisa Horie from Neil & Iraiza. Hosomi wrote all the songs except for two songs which he wrote with masasucks, and he produced the album in collaboration with Horie.
On May 25, 2009, it was newly announced that keyboardist Ichiyou Izawa from Tokyo Jihen and drummer Masakazu Ichinose from Asparagus joined as tour artists.
On May 27, 2009, their first album, Trash We'd Love, was released. Because of the band members previous popularity, their album reached #1 on the Oricon albums chart in Japan.[1] The album's cover art was designed by Kaori Maki.
They played their first show at Punk Spring 2009 and continued onto play at other festivals such as the Nano-Mugen Festival, Rock in Japan Festival and Summer Sonic Festival in the same year.
The Hiatus was featured in such magazines as Bridge, Rockin'on Japan, Bass Magazine, Sound & Recording Magazine and Guitar Magazine. They were also featured on J-Wave "Tokyo Real-Eyes" radio and on Space Shower TV.
Albums
* Trash We'd Love (May 27, 2009)
EP (extended play)
* Insomnia (November 18, 2009)
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