Your Thorn by Cokiyu

http://flau.jp/releases/your-thorn/

These are the floating dreams that scatter upon you. Delicate, and yet refreshing. Familiar feelings, but yet different. These are the moments that you don’t want to wake up. These are the moments that you don’t want to open your eyes. These are the moments you experience the evolution of bedroom pop. These are moments you listen to Cokiyu’s “Your Thorn”.
Armed with the renewed maturity and the freshness gained from the invaluable experience in this 4 years, Cokiyu finally comes back with her 2nd full-length album, “Your Thorn”. This gorgeous album is bedroom pop in its finest form. Signature angelic voices by Cokiyu that quietly wraps you with delicate warmth, which brilliantly infused with tantalizing electronic sounds, creating moments that you don’t want to wake up.
In this album, you will be gently treated with a number of beautiful song-based tracks, including a charming pop-song she collaborated with itoken (the renowned drummer for d.v.d, Harpy, tokumaru-shugo band, and etc). Besides that, Cokiyu even tried her hands on ambient drone music in this album, and the result is simply breathtaking. All these have made “Your Thorn” into not just merely a beautiful album, but also a statement of the unbounded potential of Cokiyu’s musical talent.

"I love the feeling of the almost frozen soundscape combined with lush melodic storytelling, dreamy vocals and digital trickery...electronica pop for sure, but most of all..simply beautiful music!"
Thomas Knak aka Opiate

"‘Your Thorn’ emerged at the end of last year and was a lush take on Japanese pop music" - Boomkat

映画『告白』を始めとするサウンドトラックへの参加や、国内外の様々なアーティストとのコラボレーション、海外でのライブパフォーマンス、インスタレーションなど活動の幅を広げてきた女性アーティストcokiyuが放つ４年ぶりとなるセカンド・アルバム。透き通るような天使の歌声と暖かく柔らかいデリケートな電子音が聴く者をそっと包み込む、至上のベッドルーム・ミュージックが帰ってきました。 d.v.dなどで活躍するitokenとの共作で生まれたこれまでになくチャーミングなポップ・ソングや、霞のかかったような幻想的アンビエント・ドローンなど、確実にアーティストとしての深化を感じさせる楽曲の数々。くるりに新加入したドラマー／パーカッショニストの田中佑司、Autumnleafのギタリスト本田輝也、そしてitokenがゲスト参加。マスタリングを庄司広光が担当しています。映画『告白』収録曲のニューアレンジを含む全９曲。

Tracklist

1.	Your Thorn	4:54

2.	Recall	4:35

3.	With My Umbrella	4:47

4.	Textured Clouds	3:59

5.	Drag the Beast	3:54

6.	Gloomy	3:28

7.	Round in Fog	3:18

8.	See the Sun	5:43

9.	Little Waves	5:44

Credits

released October 20, 2011

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