All I ever really need
Is just to breathe and be
At one with all the things around me
The wild and the free
City limits on my mind
Maybe they’ve always been
Just a little far too far to find the time to go and see
What could I do?
What could I do?
What could I do?
What could I do?
You know you’re always on my ma ma mind
Maybe you’ve always been
Just a little far too far to out of time or out of reach
What could I do?
What could I do?
What could I do?
What could I do?
If we could leave tonight we’d be alone before the dawn
No time for looking back this is the calm before the storm
If we could leave tonight we’d be alone before the dawn
No time for looking back this is the calm before the storm
What could I do?
What could I do?
What could I do?
What could I do?
- Lyricist
Ikko Shibayama, Ali Horn
- Composer
Ikko Shibayama, Ali Horn
- Producer
Any Joy?
- Guitar
Ikko Shibayama, Ali Horn
- Vocals
Ikko Shibayama, Ali Horn
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Any Joy?
Any Joy? Is an international collaborative project between Nagoya based musician and university professor Ikko Shibayama and Liverpool based singer songwriter Ali Horn.
Formed in the summer of 2024, from a chance meeting at a folk event at the Jacaranda in Liverpool, the two met, exchanged songs and influences, hit it off and were compelled to spent the last year recording their debut album.
Unlike the recent trend of digital transfer and online recording, Ikko traveled back and forth between Japan and the UK to record everything physically.
Any Joy? blend Japanese and British sounds, swirling City Pop, Folk sensibilities with Horns poetry perfectly complimented by Shibayamas arrangements.
Quirky and experimental or rather, it's not eccentric at all. Rather, it successfully blends the sometimes contradictory traditional Japanese and British rock styles, resulting in a unique, genre-less sound.
Over the next year, they plan to release a single, an album, and hold concerts in the UK and Japan. Soon the Any Joy sound will cross the ocean and resonate all over the world.
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Any Joy?
Any Joy? Is an international collaborative project between Nagoya based musician and university professor Ikko Shibayama and Liverpool based singer songwriter Ali Horn. Formed in the summer of 2024, from a chance meeting at a folk event at the Jacaranda in Liverpool, the two met, exchanged songs and influences, hit it off and were compelled to spent the last year recording their debut album. Unlike the recent trend of digital transfer and online recording, Ikko traveled back and forth between Japan and the UK to record everything physically. Any Joy? blend Japanese and British sounds, swirling City Pop, Folk sensibilities with Horns poetry perfectly complimented by Shibayamas arrangements. Quirky and experimental or rather, it's not eccentric at all. Rather, it successfully blends the sometimes contradictory traditional Japanese and British rock styles, resulting in a unique, genre-less sound. Over the next year, they plan to release a single, an album, and hold concerts in the UK and Japan. Soon the Any Joy sound will cross the ocean and resonate all over the world.
Any Joy?
