空も飛べるはず (Sora mo Toberu Hazu)

There's a rawness to "Sora mo Toberu Hazu" that Spitz's later, more polished records don't quite replicate — the guitars carry a slight roughness, the rhythm section feels present in the mix with a directness that grounds what could otherwise float away. Kusano's voice here has a particular quality of youthful conviction, absolutely certain about something that adult experience would complicate. The lyrics lean into the euphoria of being in love as a kind of physical alteration — the feeling of weightlessness, the sense that physical laws might bend, that flight isn't metaphor but genuine possibility. This isn't naive: the song knows it's describing a temporary state, which is part of why it feels precious rather than foolish. It became famous as the ending theme of a beloved 1990s drama, which embedded it in the cultural memory of an entire generation as shorthand for that particular moment in a relationship when everything still feels possible. The production's relative simplicity compared to their later work is part of its power — nothing is overdressed, and the emotional core reaches you without mediation. The ideal listener is someone currently in the first weeks of something that hasn't yet had time to become complicated.