The Boy And The Tree [Skintone Edition]

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Susumu Yokota

The Boy And The Tree [Skintone Edition]

LO256

2LP Orange	$48		SHIPS BY 2026-04-03
CD	$19		SHIPS BY 2026-04-03

Long sought after reissue
2x12" orange vinyl, printed inner with abstract of original album artwork, in die cut outer with bellyband
Comes with 2 panel insert and poster
CD with printed sleeve notes and 6 Panel DigiSleeve printed and formed on 300gsm uncoated board

Description

The Boy and the Tree was composed after a visit to Yakushima Island, an outstandingly beautiful world heritage site off the southern tip of Japan, scored by a deep, lush and ancient ravine, home of the ancient 7000-year old ‘Jōmon Sugi’. Tree. Also the inspiration for Miyazaki's epic anime Princess Mononoke, a conflict between the rampant greed and destructive force of humanity, and the stoic, mysterious fragility of nature.

This fleeting immersion in nature lent the album a profound introspection and mystery, and the its twelve tracks unfold in dream sequence, each drifting seamlessly into the next while still managing to steer the listener in myriad directions, from eerie butoh atmospheres, to ebullient raga, to desolate, cavernous chanson. The Boy And The Tree is definitely one of, if not the most, visually evocative and cinematic Yokota releases.