HONA IKOKA

HONA IKOKA is the first album-and the starting point-of KAWACHIAN.

Across twelve songs, the album finds humor, tenderness, loneliness, and quiet strangeness in everyday words and familiar scenes: passing conversations, traffic, the news, blue skies, summer days, distant hills, and a drowsy moon. Its varied sounds come together to introduce the distinctive character and wider creative world of KAWACHIAN.

"Hona, ikoka"is a warm Osaka expression meaning, "Well then, shall we go?" It captures the spirit at the heart of KAWACHIAN: life may remain imperfect and unresolved, but we can still share a smile, call out to one another, and take the next step together.