Was "Umi no Shizuku" used in an anime or something? I've been getting a lot of hits because of that song. I searched but the top result is for a nutritional supplement. Maybe that's what people are looking for? And they end up here instead. LOL Anyway, at this point the only EP I've done …
Tag: J-rock
exist†trace — SKY
Happy November Igu Day! It's been a while, but here we are. We've come to the last track on ROYAL STRAIGHT MAGIC. It's pretty straight-forward, but I was wondering about the choice to call this track "SKY" when the last track on VIRGIN had been titled "SORA," which means "sky" in Japanese. Fortunately for me, miko addresses …
exist†trace — ROYAL STRAIGHT MAGIC
This song is, fittingly, straightforward. I didn't need to read miko's blog about it to understand anything about the song, though I did read it anyway and found it funny that she said the interlude sounded like something from an RPG, which made her envision a hero raising their sword. Personally, I get more Yugi-Oh …
exist†trace — GET BACK
When I hear the words "get back" by themselves, I think "get back [away from a dangerous person/situation in front of you]." So this song threw me a little at first. It probably doesn't help that the way they sing "get baaack" sounds to me like "Bat-maaan" as sung in the theme song from the …
exist†trace — Kimi to ame to himitsu
This track appeared on Royal Straight Magic and later on NEO JAPANESE HEROINE under the translated title "You, Rain, and Secrets." At the time of said compilation album's release, miko described this song as "a quiet, fiery love ballad" in a blog post in English, and said it was about a man who doesn't know what he has until …
exist†trace – Tokoyami no Yoake
A belated Happy New Year, O Readers! I can't remember why I decided to do this song next and it's not particularly happy, but it was in my drafts so I'm going with it. This song appeared on the 2011 EP True and is the "prequel" to Omi's "Yoake no Hikari." Her blog post about …
exist†trace – Psychedelic Black Night
This song first appeared on Royal Straight Magic and was also included on the Western release Neo Japanese Heroine. Given the time of year and the title, I was thinking it would be fitting for Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve. But I digress. On the occasion of that Western release, miko posted to her blog in English …
exist†trace — Shout Out
Happy September Igu Day! I've had this song in my drafts since July. (^_^;) I hadn't actually started working on it, I just transliterated the lyrics and copied links to the relevant blog posts. And then I went off to do other things. But, well, here we are now! As is written on Archangel Diamond's …
exist†trace — TWIN WINGS
Back in 2017, a few months after the release of THIS IS NOW, miko and Jyou did some modeling for fashion brand Civarize. A pair of the garments they modeled featured black & white feather/wing motifs, which also feature in this song. Well, technically the feathers are black on both garments, it's the background that's …
exist†trace — BLAST
With the release of the compilation album NEO JAPANESE HEROINE, I wanted to do more of the tracks that are on that album specifically. Hence why today I jump to "BLAST," the last track on THIS IS NOW. Songs like this that have a lot of English interspersed can actually be harder to translate, because …
Warped Frost 