ARTIST: Pictured Resort (@pictured-resort)

TITLE: Once Upon A Season

TRACK LIST:
A1. Intro
A2. Never Be Slowed
A3. Oceanizing
A4. Stepped Into
A5. Day In Day Out
A6. Safari Night
A7. Electric Birdland II
B1. Love Inside
B2. Frozen Pacific (Album Ver.)
B3. Odometer Rollover
B4. Best Mood
B5. Gossamer (Extended Mix)
B6. Baby It's You

LABEL: Sailyard, SLYD-022

RELEASE DATE: 6th July, 2022

FORMAT: LP

PRICE: 3,600yen (without tax)

ILLUSTRATION: Hisashi Eguchi
https://www.instagram.com/eguchiworks/

Once Upon A Season

Pictured Resort / Oceanizing (from 3rd Album "Once Upon A Season")

Kyosuke Kusunoki - Get Down

As a military veteran, I’ve spent years watching the "sharp end" of manifestos written by self-serving "kings" on both sides of every border. I’ve always been bemused by the idolatry of politicians; in my experience, their promises are rarely for the benefit of the people on the ground. This song is a response to that hollow noise—a recognition of an older, quieter law: the Code of the Doorstep.
Taking its cue from the Pashtun villagers who risked their lives to protect a wounded stranger in the Afghan mountains (the custom of Nanawatai), the song bridges that act of honour with the Christmas Truce of 1914.
It is a haunting ballad for those who have ever been "lost with no hope." It is a reminder that once you strip away the flags and the manufactured hate, the human heart remains a sanctuary. Good people exist as widely as the bad in every country on earth. This is for the protectors, the hosts, and the quiet men who refuse to inherit a politician’s enmity.

Themes:
• The Horizontal Bond: Man-to-man honour versus the vertical power of the state.
• Pashtunwali: A tribute to the ancient Afghan code of hospitality.
• The Shared Trench: From the mud of Flanders to the dust of the Kunar Valley.
• The Human Spark: Finding sanctuary when all hope is lost.

LYRICS

[Verse 1]
I’ve read the letters home from 1914 in the slush
How the heavy iron thunder fell into a sudden hush
They didn't wait for telegrams or a signal from the King
They just stepped out from the frozen ruts to hear the others sing
Between the wire and the waste, they found a common tongue
And kicked a ball across the mud where the bitter songs were sung.

[Verse 2]
Now I’m staring at a doorway in a land of mountain stone
Where a man stands at his threshold, and he stands there all alone
The world is screaming "Enemy," the Kings are demanding blood
But he’s practicing a mercy that is older than the flood
He sees a broken traveler, he sees a gasping breath
And he offers up his own roof as a shield against the death.

[Chorus]
It’s the soccer in the hollow, it’s the bread upon the plate
It’s the refusal of a good man to inherit someone’s hate
From the trenches of the border to the village in the dust
There’s a law above the manifestos, built on simple trust
For when the "other" is a guest, the war is forced to cease
In the quiet, holy shadows of the Unofficial Peace.

[Bridge]
The politicians argue in their rooms of gold and glass
While they count the lives of children like the blades of summer grass
But they don’t know the weight of "No," and they don’t know the cost
Of the man who guards the doorway when the hope is nearly lost.

[Outro]
It’s just a ball in the mud...
It’s just a hand in the dark...
It’s the fire in the village...
That keeps the human spark.

Humanity

Nossa vida tão misturada

Merci pour la vie, le pardon donné, pour m’avoir sauvé par Ton cœur aimant

Ton Amour M’enveloppe

Singles

Stream Album

Coochie Cringe

甜蜜的房間  就讓我睡吧
不需要充電  把外面都放下
說好看的片  跟床上的娃娃
帶我走進你的味道   YAYA
甜蜜的房間    RA RA RA

沉迷的感覺  我沒有辦法
心盪著鞦韆  有人等我回家
說好的宵夜  每天都在放假
帶我去想去的地方  YAYA
甜蜜的房間      RA RA RA

甜蜜的房間

근본없는내마음대로짬뽕훵크리믹스

Eriko Toyoda - Bird

Performed by:
Sébastien Piette (Dr.)
Lee Wen Rui (Bs.) 
Darren Wee (Key.) 
Jonathan Saiman (EP/Syn.)
Jerry Galeries (Syn./Perc.)
Kachi Chan (Gtr.)

with special thanks to The Analog Factory

Crazy For You feat. Erica Tan (Live at The Waterfront)

𝑱𝑬𝑹𝑹𝒀 𝑮𝑨𝑳𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺