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Shinbangumi
Ginger Root holding an old camera pointing at a model city
Studio album by
Ginger Root
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2024 (2024-09-13)
Genre
Length32:02
LabelGhostly International
Ginger Root chronology
Nisemono
(2022) 		Shinbangumi
(2024)
Singles from Shinbangumi
  1. "No Problems"
    Released: 22 May 2024
  2. "Better Than Monday"
    Released: 18 June 2024
  3. "All Night / There Was A Time"
    Released: 17 July 2024
  4. "Only You"
    Released: 15 August 2024

Shinbangumi ([ɕimbaŋɡɯmi], lit. 'new program' or 'a new season of a show', stylized as SHINBANGUMI) is the fourth studio album by Ginger Root, and the first Ginger Root album released under Ghostly International.[1][2] The album is a concept album set in the same fictitious reality as his previous EP, Nisemono, with Ginger Root being fired from "Juban TV" and starting his own TV station called "Ginger Root Productions".

Background

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On 15 May 2024, Ginger Root released the first official tease of the upcoming album, via a fake anime movie trailer called "Meet You In the Galaxy: The Movie", featuring the voice actors Tomohisa Asô, Shino Kakinuma, and Kimiko Takeguchi. Three days later, Ginger Root released a second teaser showing Cameron Lew pitching the idea of the movie to his fictional manager, plainly called "The Manager" (played by Nanami Iwasaki). The Manager then presents a "better" idea for Cameron to do, "Loretta 2". Cameron rejects the idea and is promptly fired, teasing the first single at the very end.[3]

On 22 May 2024, Ginger Root released the first single of the album, "No Problems", with an accompanying music video, continuing the story from the second teaser. Ginger Root also announced the name of the upcoming album (Shinbangumi) and its scheduled release date, a concept album following the narrative of his previous 2022 EP, Nisemono.[4] When asked what the upcoming album would sound like, Cameron described it as "aggressive elevator soul", mixing together Japanese city pop, French pop, Philly soul, and his typical lo-fi sound.[4][5][6][7] Other influences Cameron citied as sources for the album was Paul and Linda McCartney's 1971 album Ram, Devo, Vulfpeck, and Miki Matsubara's 1980 song "Mayonaka no Door (Stay with Me).[3][5]

Cameron Lew said Shinbangumi was a snapshot of his life at the time lyrically, with some of the songs were written during Lew's time in Japan. According to Cameron, the album was the first time he felt comfortable about knowing what a song should comprise of musically and instrumentation wise.[8] Cameron also intended for the music videos to be like a movie, with a linear story, to be "comparable to a traditional movie".[4]

Release and reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
EARMILK[10]
Spectrum Culture[11]
Under the Radar7.5/10[12]

On 13 September 2024, Shinbangumi was released on music streaming services and his Bandcamp, with physical releases on black and coloured vinyl, cassette, and CD.[13] Accompanying the album was the music videos for each of the singles and a final film containing the album's remaining songs. Ginger Root toured the album travelling across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.[14]

Music videos

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Along with the singles came a music video each along with a full album visualizer and short film with the album's release. For each of the music videos, they were produced with a 4:3 aspect ratio to give the viewer the feeling of watching a CRT television (noted by Claire Brown as being blanketed in "VHS fuzz"), enhancing the city pop and Shōwa era Japan, including Cup Noodles, a bullet train, a Toyota Camry, and a Panasonic boombox.[15][16][17]

TV movie

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On 20 April 2025, Ginger Root released a YouTube video announcing a partnership with Toonami to broadcast the movie "Shinbangumi" on 26 April.[18] The movie is an hour long compilation of all the previously released music videos and teasers stitched together for a continous watch.[19] On 29 April 2025, Ginger Root announced the movie would be released for home media on VHS.

Tour

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Ginger Root has been on tour since a couple weeks after the album's release.[13][20] Across its year of touring, the band has visited countries across North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, East Asia, and Australia. The tour also included performances at the music festivals Bonnaroo and Coachella.[21][22] The setlist comprises mostly of Shinbangumi's tracks, but also features songs from his releases post-Toaster_Music (Mahjong Room, Rikki, City Slicker, and Nisemono).

Tour dates

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List of 2024 concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue
Date City Country Venue Attendence Revenue
September 24, 2024 San Diego, California United States House of Blues — —
September 26, 2024 Santa Ana, California The Observatory
September 27, 2024 San Luis Obispo, California Fremont Theater
September 28, 2024 Oakland, California Fox Theatre
September 30, 2024 Seattle, Washington Moore Theatre
October 1, 2024 Vancouver Canada The Pearl
October 2, 2024 Portland, Oregon United States Revolution Hall
October 4, 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah The Depot
October 5, 2024 Denver, Colorado Summit
October 8, 2024 Minneapolis, Minnesota First Avenue
October 10, 2024 Chicago, Illinois The Salt Shed
October 11, 2024 Cleveland, Ohio The Roxy
October 12, 2024 Toronto Canada The Concert Hall
October 13, 2024 Montreal Le National
October 15, 2024 Boston, Massachusetts United States Royale
October 17, 2024 Brooklyn, New York
October 18, 2024 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 19, 2024 Washington, D.C.
October 21, 2024 Asheville, North Carolina
October 22, 2024 Atlanta, Georgia
October 23, 2024 Nashville, Tennessee
October 26, 2024 Houston, Texas
October 27, 2024 Dallas, Texas
October 29, 2024 Austin, Texas
October 30, 2024 San Antonio, Texas
November 1, 2024 El Paso, Texas
November 2, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona
November 3, 2024 Los Angeles, California
November 22, 2024 Hamburg Germany
November 23, 2024 Berlin
November 25, 2024 Cologne
November 26, 2024 Paris France
November 27, 2024 Amsterdam Netherlands
November 29, 2024 Leeds England
November 30, 2024 Dublin Ireland
December 1, 2024 Glasgow Scotland
December 2, 2024 Manchester England
December 3, 2024 London
List of 2025 concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue
Date City Country Venue Attendence Revenue
January 10, 2025 Fukuoka Japan Zepp Fukuoka — —
January 12, 2025 Hiroshima Blue Live Hiroshima
January 14, 2025 Osaka Zepp Osaka Bayside
January 15, 2025 Nagoya Zepp Nagoya
January 16, 2025 Tokyo Zepp DiverCity
March 7, 2025 Shenzhen China HOU LIVE X Mixc cube
March 8, 2025 Hangzhou LiveShop Uni
March 10, 2025 Shanghai Bandai Namco Shanghai Base
March 12, 2025 Taipei Taiwan Zepp New Taipei
March 17, 2025 Hong Kong China The Box, Freespace
March 21, 2025 Brisbane Australia The Tivoli
March 23, 2025 Sydney Liberty Hall
March 24, 2025 Melbourne Northcote Theatre
April 13, 2025 Indio, California United States Coachella
April 20, 2025
June 10, 2025 Durham, North Carolina Motorco Music Hall
June 11, 2025 Asheville, North Carolina The Grey Eagle
June 13, 2025 Manchester, Tennessee Bonnaroo Festival
June 14, 2025 Atlanta, Georgia Terminal West
June 15, 2025 Birmingham, Alabama Saturn
June 17, 2025 Pensacola, Florida The Handle Bar
June 18, 2025 Tampa, Florida The Orpheum
June 20, 2025 Orlando, Florida The Abbey
June 21, 2025 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Culture Room
June 26, 2025 Naeba Japan Fuji Rock Festival
August 20, 2025 San Diego, California United States CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
August 22, 2025 Los Angeles, California The Greek Theatre
August 23, 2025 Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara Bowl
August 27, 2025 San Francisco, California The Masonic
August 28, 2025
August 29, 2025 Sacramento, California Channel 24
August 30, 2025 Bend, Oregon Hayden Homes Amphitheater
September 1, 2025 Vancouver Canada The Orpheum
September 2, 2025 Seattle, Washington United States Woodland Park Zoo
September 3, 2025
September 5, 2025 Salt Lake City, Utah Gallivan Center
September 6, 2025 Denver, Colorado Mission Ballroom
September 8, 2025 Lawrence, Kansas Liberty Hall
September 9, 2025 Saint Paul, Minnesota Palace Theatre
September 10, 2025 Madison, Wisconsin The Sylvee

Setlist

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Setlist of the Santa Ana concert

  1. "Better Than Monday"
  2. "All Night"
  3. "Out of State"
  4. "Karaoke"
  5. "There Was a Time"
  6. "City Slicker"
  7. "Juban District"
  8. "Over the Hill"
  9. "Loneliness"
  10. "Everything's Alright (Meet You in the Galaxy Ending Theme)"
  11. "No Problems"
  12. "Only You"
  13. "Giddy Up"
  14. "Loretta"
  15. "Show 10"

Encore

  2. "Shmoopie" / "Call It Home" / "Mahjong Room"
  3. "Weather"

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Cameron Lew.

No.TitleLength
1."Welcome"0:40
2."No Problems"3:44
3."Better Than Monday"2:50
4."There Was A Time"2:49
5."All Night"2:57
6."CM"0:48
7."Only You"3:29
8."Kaze"2:15
9."Giddy Up"3:26
10."Think Cool"0:49
11."Show 10"5:12
12."Take Me Back (Owakare No Jikan)"3:03
Total length:32:02

Personnel

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Adapted from AllMusic[9]

Musicians

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Technical

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Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Shinbangumi
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] 67

References

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  1. ^ Gobana, Mercy. "With Its Vibrant Style, "SHINBANGUMI" Challenges Artistic Boundaries". The La Salle Falconer. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Ginger Root". ghostly.com. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b Riester, Ian. "What is Ginger Root's SHINBANGUMI?". The Journalist. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Polo, Maxamillion (22 May 2024). "Ginger Root Announces 'SHINBANGUMI' Album, Shares New Single "No Problems"". Ones to Watch. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b Kallao, Stephen (5 December 2024). "Ginger Root says their latest album is 'aggressive elevator soul'". NPR. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  6. ^ Murray, Robin (23 May 2024). "Ginger Root Announces New Album 'Shinbangumi'". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  7. ^ Tibbits, Ben (16 September 2024). "Ginger Root Dissect Their New Album & More". Wonderland. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  8. ^ Rettig, James (22 May 2024). "Ginger Root Share New Single "No Problems": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  9. ^ a b Donelson, Marcy. "SHINBANGUMI - Ginger Root". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  10. ^ Edworthy, Leo (13 September 2024). "Ginger Root's 'elevator hell' is a slice of heaven". Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  11. ^ Stremfel, Thomas (19 September 2024). "Ginger Root: Shinbangumi". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  12. ^ Hawke, Maya; Yanya, Nilüfer. "Ginger Root - SHINBANGUMI". Under the Radar. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Ginger Root - Shinbangumi on Vinyl LP, Tape, CD | Rough Trade - (Orange LP, Black LP, Tape, CD) | Rough Trade". www.roughtrade.com. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Ginger Root Announces "Shinbangumi" Debut Australian Tour For March 2025". Live Nation News. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  15. ^ 日テレNEWS (24 July 2023). 【ジンジャー・ルート】日本のテレビ初出演 "昭和レトロ"MVのひみつ (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 May 2025 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "Ginger Root Announces 3rd Album for September, with Lead Single & MV Premiere | NiEW". NiEW - The media for the culture of asia and Japan such as music, film, art, fashion and more. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  17. ^ Brown, Claire (28 May 2024). "Ginger Root unveils new concept album, shares magical single "No Problems"". WXPN. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  18. ^ Bilski, Jonathan. "Things To Do In Los Angeles: Ginger Root x TOONAMI Saturday". Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  19. ^ Jonzz, Jonn (12 April 2025). "Toonami to Air Ginger Root's "Shinbangumi: A Music Movie" on April 26". Anime Superhero News. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  20. ^ "Ginger Root's SHINBANGUMI Tour". www.houseofblues.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  21. ^ Colwell, Adam (8 June 2025). "5 Artists You Shouldn't Miss at Bonnaroo 2025 » // MELODIC Magazine". www.melodicmag.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Ginger Root Steals the Show with Funk-Soaked Set at Coachella". We Write About Music. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  23. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
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