#documentaly

sakanaction // identity 

「 THINK WISELY UK TOUR

DOCUMENTARY FILM 」

監督・編集：菱川太壱

撮影：菱川太壱、ワイズリーブラザーズ（真舘晴子、和久利泉、渡辺朱音）

出演：ワイズリーブラザーズ、ケンキチ・イーノ、翁長良平、菱川太壱

2022年/82分/カラー、モノクロ

日本のスリーピースバンド The Wisely Brothersによる初のUKライブツアー、偶然居合わせた22歳のカメラマンが同行し撮影した2週間の記録を上映。

THINK WISELY

東京上映会のフライヤーをデザインしました。

Most pop albums keep to the usual, unwritten artistic “rule” that they shouldn’t, for the sake of pacing their listener, consist solely of outlandish, radio-worthy ultra-hits. And, to a large extent, Sakanaction largely kept to that rule of law on all their albums prior to Documentaly. Here, however, they threw any pretence that they weren’t thoroughbred popstars aside, fifty-ish minutes of ear-ringing, stadium-filling, mind-broadening pop. Even the slower cuts here pulsate compared to past equivalents, paving the way for the kind of relentless, consuming pop we would see on the even huger 834.194.

There isn’t a moment on Documentaly that disappoints. Managing to encompass everything from YMO’s synthetics to the grooves of synth-funk, it is ostentatious and expensive but consistently flooring. Especially in its first half, it’s as rewarding a pop album as you’re likely to hear.