Kumoyo Island, by Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様

Kumoyo Island

by Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様

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Charlie Moonbeam An absolute masterpiece, the supposed final installment of what has been a stellar run of brilliant psychedelia from these Japanese kings.

The melodies alone are worth the price of admission. Favorite track: Nap Song.

jessehd A polite fever; an album to live inside.
Very fantastic, and thank you very much. Favorite track: Gomugomu.

StrangeFlow Man I hope this wasn't their last album after all. I enjoyed their studio albums quite a lot, from the lo-fi psychrock corner to the creative funky pop fusion we can hear in the latest and the 2nd latest album. Keep it going guys! Favorite track: Daydream Soda.

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	1.	Monaka 05:15
	2.	Dancing Blue 06:14
	3.	Effe 03:22
	4.	Meu Mar 06:07
	5.	Cardboard Pile 04:06
	6.	Gomugomu 02:04
	7.	Daydream Soda 03:25
	8.	Field of Tiger Lillies 01:19
	9.	Yayoi, Iyayoi 06:58
	10.	Nap Song 02:58
	11.	Maison Silk Road 06:20

about

“The fifth studio album & last euphoric mind-trip to Kikagaku Moyo's imagined island.
Best-suited for counting stars, looking at the ocean, and dancing in one’s daydream.”

In many ways ‘Kumoyo Island’ represents the culmination of a journey for Kikagaku Moyo. While their decade-long career can be summarized as a series of kaleidoscopic explorations through lands and dimensions far and near, there’s a strong intention in each of their works to take the listener to a particular place, however real or abstract they may be. In that sense, the title and cover art for the band’s fifth and final album draws you into a magical mass of land surrounded by water—but the couch suggests that ‘Kumoyo Island’may not be a fleeting stop, but rather a place of respite, where one could pause and take it all in.

Reconvening at Tsubame Studios in Asakusabashi, Tokyo, where their earliest material had been recorded, the five members of Kikagaku Moyo found new inspiration in a familiar and comfortable environment. With their adopted homebase of Amsterdam under lockdown and their touring activities halted due to the pandemic, the band felt a renewed sense of freedom being back in shitamachi, or the old downtown area of their hometown. With unrestricted time in the studio, they began to build upon the demos and song fragments they’d amassed since their last tour. In the 1.5 months spent in Tokyo, everything started to come together.

“Monaka”, its name taken from a type of Japanese wafer sweets, takes melodic inspiration from traditional minyofolk styles, while “Yayoi Iyayoi” is a rare instance of the band singing in their native tongue, its evocative lyrics utilizing archaic words taken from old poetry and nature books found in one of the many second-hand bookstores of Tokyo. For “Meu Mar”, an Erasmos Carlos cover, the original Portuguese lyrics were translated into English, then to Japanese. Strangely enough, the words seem to conjure an image of the protagonist floating among the clouds, looking down upon Tokyo Bay.

In fact, it may be possible to draw a parallel between the topography of the band’s home country—an island nation, surrounded by bodies of water—and the mysterious isle of Kumoyo. Are they one and the same? Has the band finally made it back home? It’s up to the listener to decide.

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released May 6, 2022

Liner notes by: Yosuke Kitazawa

Produced by Kikagaku Moyo
A4, B1 & B2 mixed by Hideki Urawa
All other songs mixed by Yui Kimijima
Mastered by Soushi Mizuno
Recorded at Guruguru Studio in Amsterdam & Tsubame Studio in Tokyo
2020 November - January

Artwork & Layout by Gijs Flieling
Photographed by Ruben Wiegerinck

A1 written by Go/Tomo/Guy/Ryu
A2, B1 written by Go/Tomo/Guy
A3, B2, B5 written by Go/Tomo
A4 written by Erasmo Carlos
B3, B6 written by Go
B4 written by Guy
B7 written by Ryu

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