Progressive pop band JYOCHO's new EP, featuring the ending theme for "Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside Season 2”, is out on digital platforms worldwide now.
Progressive pop band JYOCHO released a new EP via No Big Deal Records on January 10th.
Guide and Devote e.p features four tracks, including the title song, which has been chosen as the ending theme song for the anime series “Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside Season 2”, which began airing
on January 7th.
The anime is based on a Japanese light novel series written by Zappon and illustrated by Yasumo. The story depicts the peaceful and happy daily lives of Red, Rit, Rutyand
their friends in the city of Zoltan after Red got banished from a Hero’s party.
JYOCHO guitarist Daijiro Nakagawa commented:
“The story is about Ruty's new life as she grows up, and while the main focus is on Ruty and Van. On the other hand, I like Red's role as a 'Guide' in the series.
That is why I chose the title of this work as Guide and Devote.
I think there are days when you have to make a detour to a station where you are born with a predetermined fate and ties.
I want to go forward believing in the direction of my own prayer and hope, even if it is not beautiful to the people around me! This is what I wanted to express in the song.
It is a bright, pop song of hope, and I hope you will enjoy it.”
Links to download and stream Guide and Devote e.p on various music platforms are available here.
The video for Guide and Devote was filmed and directed by Ryoji Aoki, who also directed a number of JYOCHO’s signature music videos in their early days, including A Life with the Sun and A Glass of Night.
The video was shot on Mount Kirigamine in Nagano, Japan and it shows the members acting as if they live quiet lives in the countryside just as Red, Rit and Ruty do in the series.
JYOCHO also previously performed the ending theme for the first season of “Banished from the Hero's Party”, All the Same. The song is featured on their second full-length album Let’s Promise to be Happy, which
is out on vinyl now via American label Topshelf Records. The LP can be purchased here.
