Song of the Week #17: Inoue Joe – Closer

Though the single officially releases on December 17th, I found this lower quality version floating around on the net.  This is the current opening song to Naruto: Shippuden.  I've read Joe Inoue is a one man band and the video to this song certainly implies this.

From Last.fm:

Joe Inoue was born in Los Angeles, California under Japanese parents who moved to the states to follow their career.  He grew up in an environment filled with music, and started listening to music seriously in his middle school years.  He listened to as many types of music, no matter what the genre. In fact, he still does. That is where he got his versatility in creating music.