{"id":1648,"date":"2017-09-27T22:32:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T05:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2019-05-11T11:33:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T18:33:49","slug":"michael-kaneko-debut-ep-westbound-out-on-oct-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"Michael Kaneko debut EP &#8220;Westbound&#8221; out on Oct 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2PXcTut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.cdjapan.co.jp\/image.html?id=OPCA-1034&#038;type=large\" alt=\"Westbound EP \/ Michael Kaneko\" border=0 width=\"200\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Westbound (EP cover)<br \/>\n<em>Courtesy of CD Japan<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Michael Kaneko<\/strong>, a Southern California native of Japanese descent, will be making his Japanese debut on the music scene with the EP <em>Westbound<\/em>. This single\/mini album will include 5 songs and has a release date of October 25, 2017. <\/p>\n<p>Even before this release, Michael has already been heard by more than 50 million people, in various commercials and on the radio. His voice may be most famous in the song &#8220;Loving eyes&#8221; used for that tear-inducing Toyota commercial (scroll down below to see what I mean). <\/p>\n<p><!--more--> Track list:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Lost In This City<\/li>\n<li>Flooded<\/li>\n<li>Separate Seasons<\/li>\n<li>Cracks In The Ceiling<\/li>\n<li>It Takes Two<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8220;Separate Seasons&#8221; acoustic session clip:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BqwGrTwsc9U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cracks In The Ceiling&#8221; demo:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mv7ykG4G3JA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Toyota Safety Sense CM featuring &#8220;Loving eyes&#8221; (not included in this release)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Me1GIDy-U9g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n&gt; Where to buy:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nCatalogue# OPCA-1034. Price: 1200 yen (w\/out tax).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2PXcTut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.cdjapan.co.jp\/image.html?id=OPCA-1034\" alt=\"Westbound EP \/ Michael Kaneko\" border=0 width=\"100\" \/><br \/>\nOrder at CD Japan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2yuSrXF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Order at Amazon Japan<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mikey22691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Kaneko Official YouTube channel<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelkaneko.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Kaneko Official site<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaelkanekomusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Kaneko Official Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Kaneko, a Southern California native of Japanese descent, will be making his Japanese debut on the music scene with the EP Westbound. This single\/mini album will include 5 songs and has a release date of October 25, 2017. Even before this release, Michael has already been heard by more than 50 million people, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66],"tags":[152],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3164,"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions\/3164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}