ostraca - "DISASTER / 厄災" (CD)

release date: 2025-06-06

2023 album “DISASTER” = “calamity,” that is, vs. the world

The 2023 album “DISASTER” is the first album released in five years since “enemy” in 2018. As the title suggests, it deals with “disasters” beyond human control. In other words, it features a large-scale worldview beyond the power of individuals, and expresses skramz music that confronts this worldview.

This is clearly an expression aimed at the modern world, and the approach of conveying the changes sought from the era not through lyrics but through the world of sound resonates with City Of Caterpillar. Tracks like 'Heaven is Still' and 'Stage Whisper' possess an explosive energy that evokes an anthem-like quality.

While the album title may evoke the COVID-19 pandemic, it actually delves into more abstract themes, ultimately expressing the conflict between the individual and the world.

The lowercase “enemy” and uppercase “DISASTER.” Are we powerless to act, left only to silence and exhaustion in the face of disasters unfolding far away?

Tracklist:
1. constellation / 星宿
2. heaven is still / 天国の静けさ
3. stage whisper / 囁き
4. whilom / かつて昔
5. rebuke / 咎め
6. song for a frieze / 帯状装飾
歌詞日本語対訳+インタビュー収録

(Includes Japanese translation of lyrics + English version of interview)