Burn the Secret
Burn the Secret is the sixth studio album by Japanese rock band Wands. It was released on 28 October 2020 under the D-Go label. It is the band's first new album in 21 years, and also the first studio album for the fifth version of Wands with vocalist Daishi Uehara. The album consists of original material as well as new versions of songs from the second and third Wands period.
This album was released in two formats: regular CD edition and limited CD+DVD edition. The CD+DVD edition included a DVD with three music videoclips: two from the original singles and one from the self cover.
Promotion
Singles
This album consist of three previously released singles.Single "Makka na Lip" was released on 29 January 2020. It became the band's first single to be released for 20 years. The single served as an opening theme to the anime television series Detective Conan. The single debuted
at number 14 on the Oricon Weekly Single Charts and charted over 30 weeks.
Before the single's release, the song was performed on 18 November 2019 as a part of a surprise guest appearance at the Osaka music live event Onto, in which the day before they've announced the band resume of activities. Their entire performance has been streamed on the official YouTube channel of Being Inc.
Single "Dakiyose Takamaru Kimi no Taion to Tomoni" was released on 20 May 2020. The single served as a theme song to the BS TV Tokyo Corporation's Japanese television drama Silent Voice season 2. For the first time in 27 years it's the band's first theme song to be used in the television drama. The single debuted at number 3 on Oricon Weekly Single charts and charted 18 weeks.
The digital single "Secret Night 〜It's My Treat〜 " was released on the 9 September and served mainly as a promotion to the album. The single has received special videoclip shooting.