The Officials finally catch up

It seems that Sony have finally recognised Halcali's existence. Better 1 month late than never, hey fellas? Anyway, they've released the tracklisting for Tip Taps Tip. Thankfully, it's a maxi-single, which means there's only one guranteed nothing track (an instrumental). I'm kind of heartened by this news actually. Halcali's old b-sides were often the place where they shone. Labels, thinking no-one listens to them anyway, tend to let bands off the hook a little bit for the b-sides. Your average run of the mill type will probably put out some album outtake or throwaway studio experiment on there, but for Halcali it meant giving a few of the smaller, skilled producers and songwriters a bash. I'm thinking specifically of Halfby's Queen of the Slopes (Strawberry Chips) here, but what about 2 Lucky Stars (" "), or Highway to the Beach (Marching March)? Song 2's title is great (there's a Yukari Fresh song called Yukari'n' Bass. Perhaps it's too much to hope that it's a reference). On the other hand, parts of this press release made me shudder.

Anyway, here's the tracklisting, and the blurb from Sony (fairly similar to Tower's press release from a while back.)

1. Tip Taps Tip

2. halcali'n'bass

3.ピスドリ (Pisudori)

4. Tip Taps Tip (instrumental)

HALCALIエピック移籍第一弾は、初の名曲ウタモノ＆大型タイアップ曲!!RIP
SLYMEのメンバーによるユニット、O.T.Fプロデュースでデビューした、HALCAとYUCALIによるHIP
HOPユニットHALCALIが、今作からエピック・レコードに移籍します！第一弾は、いきなりのビッグ・タイアップ付き＆HALCALI初のウタモノHIP
HOP！作家陣にYUKIの「JOY」でお馴染みの、田中ユウスケを迎え、これまでのHALCALIを寄りメロディアスに表現した、キラー・チューンに仕上がっています！MBS,TBS系全国28局ネットアニメアニメ「交響詩篇エウレカセブン」のタイアップ付き!!成長した全く新しいHALCALIに、大注目！ガンガン攻めて行きます！乞う、ご期待！MBS,TBS系全国28局ネットアニメ「交響詩篇エウレカセブン」エンディングテーマ('05
10/23～'06 1/下)初回仕様：「交響詩篇エウレカセブン」初のキャラクターファイル封入/デカラベルステッカー

Here’s Halcali’s first release for Epic, a huge melodic tie-up
track! Hip hop unit Halcali, who put out their debut under Rip Slyme production team O.T.F., have moved to Epic Records! Their first release will be this surprising tie-up, melodic hip-hop! Made by one of the writers behind Yuki’s Joy, Tanaka Yusuke, this is Halcali expressing a more melodious side for this killer tune than you’ve ever heard! In a tie-up for 28 episodes of the net animation Eureka 7, watch out for this new, grown-up Halcali! They’re gearing up for a big attack! We can’t wait for this one! Halcali will feature on the nationwide broadcast Eureka 7 ending theme for 28 episodes (’05 10/23～’06 1) and the first pressings will come with character files and stickers.

There's also a new promo picture on the page, where they (Yukari especially) do indeed look grown-up.

Thanks a million to sora-kara for the heads up.