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Short sleeve, body color: vanilla, cotton 100%, front print, four sizes, original brand name tag on the left sleeve.

SIZE: length/chest/shoulder/sleeve(cm)
S (youth 160): 62 / 47 / 40 / 18
M : 68 / 52 / 46 / 22
L: 72 / 55 / 50 / 22
XL: 75 / 60 / 55 / 23

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1.	食む（Hamu）Graze 02:44	info	buy track
2.	狼の庭（Ōkami no niwa）Trap for Catching Wolf 03:11	lyrics	buy track
きつく縛った三つ編み　丁寧で的確な朝ぼやけた私の輪郭　少しふざけて立ち眩むことさら省みもせず　ここでは騒がず静かに見える聞こえる触れてみる　乾いた草で手を切った俯いて　何を見た？むき出しの腕を　思い切り噛みつきあなたは素早く私を振り払う向こうから　何かくる点けたままのテレビから　服をひき裂く音がする埃っぽい窓の外には　もう明日がやってくるのに =English translation= Tightly knotted braids, Polite and accurate morning, Blurred outline of my face, I got dizzy on kidding around a little. Without reflection in particular, I don't make a fuss here, I stay quiet, I can see, I can hear, I can touch. I cut my hand on dry grass What were you looking at with downcast? I bit your bare arm. You shook me off quickly. Something was coming from over there. I can hear the sound of clothes being torn off from the TV I left on. Outside the dusty window, even though tomorrow is already here.
3.	ラドナミン Radonamin 05:26	info	buy track
4.	ペディキュア（Pedikyua）Pedicure 03:04	lyrics	buy track
ひきずって走ってく　とりあえず速くひどくにがい果実の木　目印にしていた日々よ日陰を嫌って　私は飛ぶ橋桁に　乱反射　松明は燃えるまるで抜け目ない水のように　私はここでも同じとは言えない二十日十日連日連夜　いつかその時を待っているわけでもない　しまいこんでた　みてくれも　いつかわからなくなって日陰を嫌って　私は飛ぶ =English translation= I'm running and dragging faster for now. There were days when I used that terribly bitter fruit tree as a guide. I always fly to avoid the shade. Light reflects diffusely on the bridge girder. The torch burns. Like a cunning water, I cannot say that I am me here either. Twenty days, ten days ,every day and night, I'm not waiting for that moment someday. Somehow I forgot about my look that I had put away I always fly to avoid the shade.
5.	CHINA珊都異知（Chaina-sandoicchi）China Sandwich 03:21	info	buy track
6.	晩夏 (Banka）Late Summer 04:26	info	buy track
7.	芦毛の馬（Ashige no uma）Dapple Gray Horse 03:45	lyrics	buy track
稲光り　雨の匂いがするたちまちに　のびるたてがみ　ああのびるたてがみどこからきこえるのかいななき長く響きすくんでく体血が巡る力強い蹄の足よ　ああカチカチとよく光る音、音よく光る音風を切り　私は消える　ああカチカチとよく光る音、音よく光る音 =English translation= Flash of lightning, it smells of rain The horse's mane quickly grows long, the horse's mane grows long Where was that sound coming from? The whinnying echoed for a long time, they petrified me. I felt blood circulation. The strong horse's hoofs, That sound is a click-clack, and it shines well That sound is a click-clack, and it shines well I vanish with the wind That sound is a click-clack, and it shines well That sound is a click-clack, and it shines well
8.	生牡蠣 (Namagaki）Raw Oyster 04:36	lyrics	buy track
最初から気づいてた　発芽の季節からはっきりした発音で名前を呼ぶ直接でダイレクト直接でダイレクトにっこり笑って　するりと吸う隠しごとより　最愛の夜ポツリとくる雨の中でも　私一人ここに心あらずライチより白い白い　私の気持ちなら向こうから覗いても　こちらと同じ直接でダイレクト直接でダイレクトにっこり笑って　するりと吸う隠し事より　最愛の夜ポツリとくる雨の中でも　私一人ここに心あらず =English translation= I noticed love from the beginning, from the season of germination. I thought of your name with clear pronunciation. CHOKUSETSU and DIRECT I can smile and suck smoothly. Better a beloved night than a hidden one It starts to rain a little bit, but my heart is somewhere else. My feelings are whiter than lychee. Peeking through from the other side is the same as this one. CHOKUSETSU and DIRECT I can smile and suck smoothly. Better a beloved night than a hidden one It starts to rain a little bit, but my heart is somewhere else
9.	カヌーで火を焚く (Kanu de hi wo taku）Build a Fire in a Canoe 02:10	info	buy track
10.	羹 (Atsumono）Soup 03:01	lyrics	buy track
ツアリ　フォマ　ティレ　トアレラしたたる　湿った音ツアリ　フォマ　ティレ　トアレラ気づけばいたのフアラ　ミートゥ　クティ　レペタまるで　別人　だったファラ　ミートゥ　クティ　レペタ気づけばいたの =English lyrics= The wet sound is dripping. I was conscious that it was there. He was like a different person I was conscious that it was there
11.	Tinycell 02:02	info	buy track

about

「夢見るニューエイジ、空中遊泳のポップ」 ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶中村悠介

「さいりちゃんが作る／関わる音楽に一貫する、コード感や選ばれる音色のセンス、独特の危ういピッチ感を携えたボーカル、それは一見（一聴）浮遊感やアンニュイな印象を与えるものだったりするのですが、その奥にある胆力の強さが魅力的なんですよね（そこに惹かれてneco 眠るに加入してもらいました！）。それが最上に結実した大傑作！」 ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶森（neco 眠る／こんがりおんがく）

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おじまさいりのソロプロジェクト《くまちゃんシール》のアルバム完成。透き通ったヴォイスが浮遊してぐるぐる回る無重力サウンドワールド、その真の魅力は奥に宿る胆力の強さ。Le MakeupとTakaoの全面サポートのもと、代表作ができました。

おじまさいりはCASIOトルコ温泉、neco眠る、Emerald Four等々のインディーバンドで活動してきたヴォーカリスト／キーボーディスト／ソングライターで、2013年にソロ活動を始め、2017年に《Hoge Tapes》でカセットデビュー。この『くまちゃんシール』は、彼女にとって初のCD／LPアルバムであり、全曲おじまが作曲・プロデュースし、Le MakeupとTakaoのサポートを得て作り込んだ楽曲群は大きな発展と飛躍を遂げている。
おじまの個性であるDIYな音を軸に、Le Makeupのヴィヴィッドでカラフルなギターとサウンドメイク、Takaoのアンビエントポップシンセとキーボードが刺繍され、素地のロウファイさと精妙なハイファイさが躍動的に重なった音の層を堪能できる。全11曲中10曲でLe Makeupがミキシングを行い、「CHINA珊都異知」はTakaoが担当。おじまの音楽的アイデンティティの中心は透明感のある声で、インスト曲「カヌーで火を焚く」を除くすべての曲でそのピュアな声が使われているが、歌詞のある曲は半分のみ。アルバム全体で彼女のワードレス・ヴォイスがメロディやテクスチャーの要素として使われている。
『くまちゃんシール』はテクノやアンビエントやニューエイジ・リバイバルのフィルターを通したベッドルーム・ポップと呼べるかもしれないが、終盤に収録された四つ打ちリズムに歪んだ音が被さったお宅ディスコ「羹（あつもの）」、英のブレンダ・レイを少し思わせるドゥーワップ風味の似非レゲエ「TINYCELL」という2曲に、お約束を逸脱してしまうおじまの世界観が披露されている。

credits

released June 23, 2023

Kumachan Seal: solo project of Japanese vocalist/keyboardist/songwriter Sairi Ojima, who has been playing in numerous indie bands, including Neco Nemuru, since her teens. She began her solo career in 2013, and released her first cassette in 2017. This EM Records release is her first CD/LP album, with all compositions by Ojima, who co-produced the album. Each of the eleven songs reveals beguiling layers of detailed and surprising sounds, with Ojima’s DIY sonic core embroidered by vibrant and colorful beats and guitar from EM artist Le Makeup and the quintessential ambient-pop synths and keyboards of fellow EM-er Takao. Le Makeup mixed ten of the eleven songs, with Takao mixing “China Sandwich”. The heart of Ojima’s musical identity is her clear, aqueous voice; apart from one instrumental, all the tracks here feature that mellifluous voice, but in an interesting twist, only half the songs have lyrics, with the remainder employing her wordless voice as melodic and textural elements. Although Kumachan Seal can be heard as a sort of bedroom pop filtered through ambient music and the new-age revival, listeners will note that the final two songs, “Atsumono” and “Tiny Cell”, are respectively a slightly skewed four-on-the-floor track and a lightly skanking Doo-wop-flavored confection, slightly reminiscent of the UK’s Brenda Ray.
This album, full of Ojima’s calm and cool observation of the world, is available on CD, LP and DL, and includes an English lyric sheet.

All tracks written and performed by Sairi Ojima
Overdubs and mixes by Le Makeup, except "China Sandwich” (overdubs and mix by Takao)
Produced by Sairi Ojima and Koki Emura

Photograph: Yui Fujii
Visual direction: Miki Nakamura
Art direction and design: Material (Mgmd a org.)

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