

凍りついた街をぬけて
海沿いに走ってる
空を飛んでるみたいだと
きみは笑った
猫のような目
夜に光って
バックシートで
いつもより とちくるって
アホーみたいにふるまい
あまっさえ抱きついて
自己嫌悪におちた
猫のような目
笑みを浮かべて
バックシートに押し倒してた
Oh, Gimme the strange night きみは
海を抱きしめて
星に口づける
月はゆったりと微笑みを
きみに注いでる
猫のような目
砂を掬って
口ずさむのは
海賊のうた
ドミノを並べてみた
砂の城をつくって
波にさらわれるそのさまを
じっと見続けていた
猫のような目
魔法が消える
もう行かなくちゃ もう行かなくちゃ
シャングリラ はるか遠くの島へ
シャングリラ はるか遠くの星へ
背中を向けてると
いつも感じていたんだ
心臓を貫きとおす
きみのまなざしだった
猫のような目
さっきまでいた
バックシートの
微かなぬくもりが
- Lyricist
Iwashita Keisuke Sardine
- Composer
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- Producer
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- Recording Engineer
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- Synthesizer
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- Vocals
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- Piano
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Listen to In the backseat by Iwashita Keisuke Sardine
Streaming / Download
- 1
Suspended Ocean
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- 2
Long distance shore (Prototype)
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In the backseat
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- 4
Ecstasy
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- 5
Scarlet Sails
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- 6
Everlasting flowers illusions
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- 7
Stargazer Boy
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- 8
December rainy day
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- 9
Central station
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- 10
Glider
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- 11
Safety night
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- 12
Heartbreak all over the world
Iwashita Keisuke Sardine
I began making multiple recordings in 1983 when I started working as a temporary employee at the Players Inn Music Store in Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The manager, Mr. Minamiyama, kindly allowed me to use the store freely after it closed to learn how to handle the instruments. I recorded some of the pieces I did back then and included them in this album.
I did not save the data on a CD-R, so I bought a TEAC cassette deck the other day and tried to play back the tapes. The first six tracks recorded at a music store in 1983 (I named them "Walking Tempo") were particularly difficult to listen to, and I wondered whether I should release them, but I decided to release them as a record.
The latter six tracks were recorded in 1984 at an apartment in Daizawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. Although he lived in the gorgeous Shimokita area, he was unable to form a solidarity with anyone and continued to make music while suffering from loneliness. The label of the tape was titled "Heartbreak all over the world."
Many people will find these sound sources difficult to hear. The lyrics are immature, the instrumental performance is full of mistakes, and the pitch of the song is questionable. I myself don't find it very pleasant to listen to. However, these 12 songs are indispensable materials when talking about Keisuke Iwashita's musical history.
Artist Profile
Iwashita Keisuke Sardine
My name is Iwashita Keisuke, also known as Sardine. Over the 20 years from 1983 to 2003, I have recorded about 200 songs by myself. I compiled these into eight albums and released them one by one in 2024. In 2025, instead of an anthology, I will release an album edited in chronological order. Sardine's music is diverse. It ranges from accessible pop to socially conscious message songs, from progressive constructions to punk subversiveness. I'm a formidable pianist, a mad synthesizer player, a halting guitarist, a tone-reading bassist, a loose percussionist, and a clumsy singer-songwriter with solo multi-choruses. All of these parts are integrated into one persona. A mixture of romance, cold-heartedness and passion, depicting incoherent anxiety and yearning for something unattainable, this is an oldie but an evergreen. Please listen to Sardine's expressive music.
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