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PARABLEPSIA is coming in two days! GET HYPE!

To help you find your hype, maybe check out this video with songs from the new album mixed together by DJ D-YAMA?



Also, you might be interested in reading the summary-translation of this interview done by Treize on I've Sound Forum. It's not very long, but still very fascinating and insightful!

Originally Posted by Treize @ I've Sound Forum

Here's a summary of the interview Mami had with Fumiaki Nishihara from Lis Ani! if anyone is interested. Sorry, but it'll be really brief. I can expand more on something if someone wants.

The concept of the album is "E.M.R" "Electric. Mami Kawada. Rock" As opposed to other albums, I've came together every week to discuss the album instead of each working separately. This also led to faster production

The title of the album PARABLEPSIA means "optical illusion" It is about seeing things moving around in circles rather than not seeing things move at all.

Until now, she has only wanted one song to convey the theme of the album, but in this work several songs do.

parablepsia: The lyrics in parablepsia convey the message not to lose yourself in society. The possibilities are endless. They are driven by the anxiety that you may lose sight of your path in life before you know it in a society that is moving around in circles.

fly blind: fly blind has two meanings. It has its technical meaning and then it carries the message that you can't always be influenced by your surroundings and sometimes need to close your eyes and say "This is how I am."

parablepsia is more from a societal perspective. fly blind is more from an individual perspective.

Eager Eyes: This makes the album's image more clear. She wrote the lyrics from "the eyes of a hawk." It is the song that most resembles Borderland and is closest to her style of music.

Replica_nt: This is the song she wrote the lyrics for first on this album.It is a song telling people not to be reduced to robots after being toyed with by society.

It's no big deal: This is supposed to be an upbeat song that can be a fan pleaser similar to KOTOKO's oboetete ii yo. This is the first song that she wrote the lyrics for before the song was composed. "It's no big deal" is something her dad used to always tell her.

Dendritic Quartz: This is supposed to be an answer song to seed. It's supposed to be about flowers that will constantly be in bloom and will never wither. Apparently she got the idea from a pendent of hers that has a pattern that looks like trees, and they'll never wither.

Also, since I spent a lot of time writing it, here's what I wrote in response to the video and interview on the I've Sound Forum. It got long and out of hand, so I'm putting it behind a spoiler tag.

Spoiler:

The descriptions of parablepsia and fly blind really reminded me of SQUARE THE CIRCLE's lyrics, so I re-read the translation, and it does indeed seem that she's returning to the same themes, but looking at them for new perspectives. I wonder how different fly blind and SQUARE THE CIRCLE will be, since the description of fly blind sounds VERY familiar ("you can't always be influenced by your surroundings" -> "someone else’s manual textbook＆rule / Rip it up and throw it away"; "fly blind is more from an individual perspective" -> "solve the dream for the walls that stand in your way / Scribble my equation / I grasped in my hand" and also "solve the dream / solve the riddle / there's no ground for fear / my equation"). Maybe the difference will be in the feeling and attitude of the song: SQUARE THE CIRCLE seems to be about reaching a conclusion, the cathartic but heavy feeling that you can break out of the boxes (or... might I say... squares) the world is trying to put you into.

I'm sorry, I'm getting really tangential and speculative, and pulling SQUARE THE CIRCLE and rushed lyric interpretations into this mess too. But seriously, I'm so excited for these two songs now, I hope we'll see the translated lyrics one day.

I'm surprised she's basically saying Borderland is closest to "her style". I really don't agree: Borderland is a good example of her dance-rock fusion tracks, but it's not even the best representative of that style, not to mention the many other styles she dabbles into. I agree, I hope they realize she's good at more than one thing.

Also, I love how this: "I've came together every week to discuss the album instead of each working separately" probably surprised none of us (except maybe the fact that they worked together every week). It's basically what many people here were saying / thinking when the previews first appeared, lol.

danilo_mats, thank you for posting that video! This album's songs blend together REALLY well, haha. It's no big deal is still the standout snippet for me, I'm dying to hear it in full. Now I find myself getting into PIST and I... civilization as well.

This thread really kicked my enthusiasm for the album into hyperdrive!