Sepia Front Cover

Lyric

When I fall asleep

Black Boboi

In the quiet warp, let me drift tonight with you

Let me choose the peace that’s meant to last

Glow in the dark, let me fall asleep

And dream of us, even if we forget

I'm fall fall falling

Why does it hurt so much?

It feels like I've erased our pictures

Where do memories go?

When we know we’ll talk again

Fall fall falling

Why does it hurt so much?

It feels like I've erased our pictures

Where do memories go?

When you're still here, here with me

Why does it hurt so much?

It feels like I've erased our words

Where do memories go?

When we know we’ll talk again

  • Lyricist

    Black Boboi

  • Composer

    Black Boboi

  • Recording Engineer

    Black Boboi

  • Mixing Engineer

    OzzyOtaki

  • Mastering Engineer

    Moe Kazama

  • Guitar

    Julia Shortreed

  • Bass Guitar

    ermhoi

  • Synthesizer

    Julia Shortreed

  • Vocals

    Julia Shortreed

  • Background Vocals

    Utena Kobayashi, ermhoi

  • Programming

    Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi, ermhoi

  • Other Instruments

    Utena Kobayashi

Sepia Front Cover

Listen to When I fall asleep by Black Boboi

Streaming / Download

  • 1

    Letter

    Black Boboi

  • 2

    Maelstrom

    Black Boboi

  • 3

    Complete silence

    Black Boboi

  • 4

    Moon/Saturn

    Black Boboi

  • 5

    Soil samples

    Black Boboi

  • ⚫︎

    When I fall asleep

    Black Boboi

  • 7

    List I made for you

    Black Boboi

  • 8

    Sepia

    Black Boboi

  • 9

    Dear,

    Black Boboi

"Black Boboi's first album in five years, Sepia, is an alternative pop record that traverses trip-hop, techno, and ambient textures. The album was inspired by a fictional apocalyptic novel composed through a series of "correspondence letters" exchanged between the three members.

Upon finishing the final track, the listener is left with a profound sense of weight-much like the lingering feeling after watching a cinematic masterpiece-evoked by its free-form sonic imagery and lyrical world.

In a modern society radically transformed by technological innovation, where the traditional "givens" of ethics and morality no longer seem to apply, the expression Black Boboi releases today embraces the nostalgic (=Sepia) while simultaneously questioning how we will confront the future."

Artist Profile

  • Black Boboi

    Formed in June 2018 by Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi, and ermhoi following the launch of the music community label, BINDIVIDUAL. The trio released their debut mini-album Agate in January 2019, followed by a performance on the Red Marquee stage at FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '19 in August of the same year. In November 2020, they released their first full-length album, SILK. More recently, they performed at MUTEK.JP in 2023 and marked their first overseas appearance with a performance in Berlin in 2024.

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