New EP from JYOCHO

Progressive pop/indie rock band JYOCHO will release a new EP on January 20th.

As the Gods Say e.p will be released digitally via No Big Deal Records. It will contain four tracks, including the title song, which has been chosen as the theme song for the Netflix series "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre".

A "Maniac" version of As the Gods Say will be released as a preceding digital single on December 28th. Links to download and stream the track will become available here on the release date.

As part of the tie-up, manga artist Junji Ito also illustrated JYOCHO's latest artist image.

In addition, a vinyl version of JYOCHO's February album Let's Promise to Be Happy became available for pre-order from American label Topshelf Records on December 7th. The vinyl is available in three colours: Glacier (Dark Blue Swirl), Snowbank (Cream & Blue) and black. A cassette version is also available for pre-order.

American DJ, producer and musician Porter Robinson is a fan of JYOCHO and guitarist Daijiro Nakagawa’s music, and he shared a quote for the obi strip that accompanies the Topshelf Records vinyl, saying “JYOCHO make music that is one-of-a-kind. Daijiro Nakagawa's projects always feel so wistful and effortlessly beautiful, never getting lost in their own complexity but instead always enriched by it. The End of Sorrow makes me feel something I can't describe."

Additional details on the vinyl and cassette release of Let's Promise to Be Happy are available on Topshelf Records' official website. 

For more information about Let's Promise to Be Happy and an introduction to JYOCHO, check out our recent interview with Daijiro Nakagawa.

The music videos for All The Same and The End of Sorrow, two songs featured on Let's Promise to Be Happy, can be viewed below.