Shoko Numao - The Siwnin Sails (CD)
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'The Siwnin Sails' is a solo album consisting of eight songs written and composed by Shoko Numao, an emerging Japanese singer-songwriter. The album features eight songs written and composed between 2016 and 2024, all performed by Numao herself on guitar and vocals. 6-panel wallet with one disc. Cover art by Shoko Numao.
CD release date: November 1, 2025. (*If you would also like to get the digital WAV 44/16 or FLAC 48/24 files, please note that in the message form on the ordering page.)
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TRACK LIST 1. Drizzle 2. Ocean Voyage (船旅) 3. Pyrethrum 4. Monuke (蛻) 5. A Rumor of Foxes (狐の噂) 6. Notsuki (ノツキ草) 7. Reminiscence 8. Glory Bush (Nobotan) CREDITS
all words and music by Shoko Numao Shoko Numao — vocal, guotar recorded and mixed by Muriwui in Tokyo in July 2025 cover art by Shoko Numao designed and produced by Yuko Zama special thanks to Taku Unami p+c 2025 elsewhere music www.elsewheremusic.net |
"The Siwnin Sails" is a solo album consisting of eight songs written and composed by Shoko Numao, an emerging Japanese singer-songwriter. Numao studied vocal and composition focusing on jazz at Dublin City University in Dublin, Ireland, where she trained to use her voice as an instrument, exploring the expressive possibilities of the voice and laying the foundation for her current approach. Since returning to Japan in 2021, she has been based in Tokyo, performing her own songs, both in collaborations with various musicians and as a solo artist. She has captivated live audiences with her poetic and introspective songs as well as her translucent voice, which occasionally reveals a flickering, ethereal quality. 'The Siwnin Sails' features eight songs written and composed between 2016 and 2024, all performed by Numao herself on guitar and vocals. All eight tracks were recorded in July 2025 at Muriwui in Tokyo. This album follows her first album, 'Live at Ftarri — Lena', released in 2023 on the ftarri label, but it is her debut solo album.
Q&A with Shoko Numao about The Siwnin Sails 『The Siwnin Sails』は、新進気鋭の日本人シンガー・ソングライター、沼尾翔子（Shoko Numao）が作詞・作曲を手掛けた８曲入りのアルバム。沼尾はアイルランドのダブリンにあるダブリン・シティ大学でジャズを専門にボーカルと作曲を学び、声を楽器のように使って音を出す訓練を通して、声による表現の可能性を追求し、現在のボーカル表現の基礎を築いた。2021年に帰国後は、東京を拠点に、様々な演奏家との共演やソロでの演奏で自身の曲などを歌い、詩的で内省的な楽曲と独特の揺らぎと透明感のある歌声でライブ観客を魅了してきた。本作『The Siwnin Sails』は、2016年から2024年の間にかけて作曲された８曲を収録、すべて沼尾自身によるギターとボーカルで演奏。全８曲は2025年7月に東京のムリウイで録音された。本作は、2023年にftarriレーベルからリリースされた『Live at Ftarri — Lena』に続く彼女のセカンドアルバムだが、ソロアルバムとしてはこれがデビュー作となる。
演奏：沼尾翔子（作詞作曲、歌、ギター） 沼尾翔子インタビュー / ソロアルバム「The Siwnin Sails」について（日本語） |
