I know I'm a sucker for a lot of Japanese artistes (especially the male ones hur hurr) and so is it any surprise I decided I'm a fan of another one?

I've been listening to Suga Shikao since I watched xxxHOLiC with kor last year on the computer together. He's been singing most of the music I like in the series (two of them actually, 19sai which was the opening, and Sanagi which was the ending to the movie) and now that the series has got two more seasons, I ended up listening to more of him since he sung the songs there too.

The new songs are namely Sofa which is the opening to xxxHOLiC: Shunmuki, and Nobody Knows which is part of xxxHOLiC: Kei.

did I note that I don't like his voice in the happy songs?
Yeah, he sounds better when he sings the moody broody songs.

I didn't realise his music went under 'funk' genre until like yesterday D:




Sofa
Suga Shikao

Translated lyrics:
The windowless workshop at the other side of the street
Makes a noise that has nothing to do with the seasons
I thought it was natural
To always hear that noise, wherever I was
That's what I used to believe

My baby, you're not here tonight, you'd normally be on the sofa
Baby, you're not in this room which expects to receive someone

The clouds steal even the moonlight from me
The half-lit lights of the vending machine
Are the only things that burn my eyelids
Like a phosphorescent insect...
When I try to save them in my memory, they disappear

My baby, night has once again arrived at my room, which means
Baby, that a night of the same color must have arrived at you too, though it's a different one

From my window I see five lanterns on the street
From one moment to another they turned off
Maybe they lit at least a single light in the sadness you carried with you

My baby, I turned around, and had the impression you were there
Baby, the corn flakes and soup that you like have spilled

My baby, you're not here tonight, you'd normally be on the sofa
Baby, you better come downstairs, your soap opera is about to start