![]() We were unsure that the future we desired would come, The songs tell the story, then leaves you with the image of the song impressed in your mind-which then spins you into all sorts of meanings and emotions and evocations that I have never felt in any band before. But it’s in the interpretation of the piece that opens it for all its poetic value. Kudos on Yuuki’s writing skills-his songs are pure poetry: the control of words, the connotations, the denotations, the small meanings.Īdmittedly, the band has produced a lot of songs that are mainly narrative as compared to poetic. Galileo caught me because of the wonderful storytelling. (The storytelling is enough for one of their songs-the first song they have written, nonetheless-to have inspired full-length movie, which I have previously talked about here.) (And trust me, I am not comfortable.) That brings me to the fact that songs with stories-or have a chained series of events that show up as lyrics throughout the song-are those that appeal most to me. I am a self-proclaimed ‘writer of fiction.’ By saying that, I simply mean it’s the genre I am most comfortable in. It’s its general feeling but its specificity on how concrete the image is that makes the songs so wonderful to listen to. ![]() I like songs that can stand their guard on a well-written analysis ( as with what happened with Trigger, the new song that Yuuki had performed for Zankyou no Terror), but can also mean something completely different to another person-and can still stand its guard. And as a writer, the fine wording of the song took to my appeal. ![]() I had just, at that time, recently becoming more and more picky with the songs I listened to: judging by lyrics first, then sound, then the overall ‘afterfeeling’. The song was entitled Aoi Shiori (Blue Bookmark) and remains one of my favorite Galileo songs up til today. It would be a year later when I took a legitimate Japanese-language class, and it would be two years later before I begin studying the language for real on my own.īut the song stuck with me: and if it wasn’t the wording (at that time, I had only seen it through the English translation sites), it was definitely the images that stayed with me. When I discovered them in 2011 through-as most of their fans have-their song used as opening for the (not-a-tearjerker-at-all) Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai (‘We still don’t know the name of the flower we saw that day’), I wasn’t fluent in Japanese. What remains consistent with the band’s style is apparent through Yuuki Ozaki’s songwriting technique-the poetic weight of every tested word that resonates throughout their songs.Īs a writer, this is perhaps the thing about the band that gets me the most. That is what love is, I joked, and you laughed. If you choose any one, it will break with a sound. Their discography reveals their journey through self-discovery, what the band really stands for, from their stance to indie-rock to eventually their recent explorations on indie-pop. Their newest mini-album entitled See More Glass was released last October 1, 2014. Despite shifts from three members to four, to five, to back to three, eventually (as it is presently), the band continues to churn out their trademark music, having now released a total of 3 Albums, 4 EPs, and 6 singles all under Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The originally mainly rock band had formed in 2008 and proceeded to win a competition (entitled Senkou Riot) for rock bands that won them a deal to debut their band. I can hear the magnificent music and the sound of dropping tears.įrom the buttery vocals to the metaphor-infested lyrics, Galileo Galilei is slowly rising in the music charts (of my heart) as a Japanese indie music band. Like a movie, let’s burn it and start from the beginning. ![]() Read on below to find both the track list for their final album “Sea and The Darkness” and the promotional video for its lead track “Wednesday”.Galileo Galilei: on magic and storytellingĬome, steal a star and drop it onto this town, While no announcements have yet been made regarding their future activities as individuals, all three feel optimistic about the path ahead and look forward to enjoying the remainder of their time together. Though they love it still, now that they are all adults they have decided that it is time to leave this particular toy behind. In their comment regarding the decision, the members compared the band to a “beloved toy car” that was never meant to surmount the concrete slopes they attempted to drive it on. As such their new album “Sea and The Darkness”, which is set to release this week on January 27th, will be the band’s final record together. In a surprising announcement, alternative rock band Galileo Galilei have revealed that the group will be disbanding following the completion of their upcoming concert tour in April. ![]()
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