Scott & Rivers

Scott & Rivers is an American Japanese-language musical project by Rivers Cuomo of the band Weezer and Scott Murphy of the band Allister.[1]

Scott & Rivers
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active2010–present
Labels
MembersScott Murphy
Rivers Cuomo
Websitewww.facebook.com/ScottAndRivers/

History

In 2009, while on tour in Japan, Rivers Cuomo was introduced to Scott Murphy's Japanese-language music. After discovering that they were both signed to Universal Music Group,[2] Rivers asked the label to arrange a meeting.[1]

They met in Los Angeles in 2009, and soon began writing and recording an album of original songs sung in Japanese together for the new "Scott & Rivers" project, as they both speak fluent Japanese. They both share lead vocal duties and play guitar in the group.[3] Scott & Rivers played their first shows at the Radio Crazy Festival in Osaka, Japan on 29 December 2012[4] and at the Countdown Japan Festival in Chiba, Japan on 31 December 2012, as the first non-Japanese act to perform at the popular festivals.[5]

On March 20, 2013, Scott & Rivers released a 12-song self-titled album through Delicious Deli Records, then an imprint of Universal Music Japan.[6] The album contains 11 original songs, plus a cover of Kaela Kimura's song "Butterfly." They played a sold out headlining tour in March and April 2013 to promote the album's release. Scott Murphy also joined Cuomo's band Weezer on stage at the Punk Spring '13 festival in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya to play their first single, "Homely Girl" for the Japanese audiences. They also played as an act on the second Weezer Cruise in 2014.[7]

In 2015, Rivers' band Weezer, recorded an English version of one of their songs, "カリフォルニア (California)", as "California Kids" and released it as the opening track of their album "Weezer (White Album)".

Scott & Rivers debuted at #1 on the iTunes Japan alternative charts on the week it was released. The album is currently available physically only in Japan, and digitally worldwide through iTunes.[8]

On April 12, 2017, they released their second album, ニマイメ (Nimaime) through Sony Music Japan.[1][9] A month later, the duo performed a Japanese folk song in an ad for Uniqlo.[9]

Discography
  • Scott & Rivers (2013)
  • ニマイメ (Nimaime) (2017)

References
  1. Aoki, Ryotaro (7 August 2017). "J-pop duo Scott & Rivers on writing Japanese lyrics". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  2. http://www.universal-music.co.jp/scott-murphy/ Universal Music Japan
  3. http://ro69.jp/blog/japan/74138 Rockin' On Japan Website
  4. http://radiocrazy.fm Radio Crazy Festival Website
  5. http://countdownjapan.jp/1213/artist Countdown Japan Website
  6. "Rivers Cuomo & Scott Murphy Release Album In Japanese". Stereogum. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  7. Bell, Steve (2014-02-14). "Weezer Cruise 2: Cry Me A Rivers". The Music. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  8. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scott-rivers/id633593815 iTunes site
  9. Blais-Billie, Braudie (2017-05-23). "Watch Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Sing in Japanese for a Uniqlo Ad". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
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