Last Updated on 2025-11-12 by a-indie
“Fb Morning” and the Meaning of the EP Title
—Maririn: Does track four also have piano?
Tatsuro Aoyama: It does.
—Maririn: How do you read the title of this fourth song?
Tatsuro Aoyama: It’s read “Fb Morning.” It’s abbreviated, and the real title is “For the Better Morning.” The title itself is fine, but when written as text I thought it was a bit suggestive. There’s an artist I like named Saya Gray, and it might not be careless from her perspective, but I feel like she titles things really casually. There are titles that are just initials lined up. I wanted that kind of looseness, so I made the title “Fb Morning.”
The Statement in the Lyrics
—Maririn: I thought this was the softest song among the four, but when I looked at the lyrics, there’s “Israel” and such—about the “shadow” of those places. Could you tell me about the intent behind this?
Tatsuro Aoyama: When I’m writing lyrics, I don’t start with a theme. When the chord progression and basic performance are done, lyrics well up, and there are parts where meaning comes through. Then a theme of “this must be this kind of song” naturally forms. With that song too, it ultimately became a song that evokes war, but that wasn’t the initial intent. “For the Better Morning” is the official title, but when I was writing this song, I was in a mentally down period. From the moment I woke up, my day would start with despair. In the past, I would have made that kind of desperate mood into something desperate in the song, but while writing this EP, I started to feel like I was just someone who only complains. So ultimately I wanted to write something forward-looking, which became the title “For the Better Morning.” But when I really started writing the lyrics properly, accidentally the lyric “Israeli soldier” and a storyline that seemed to accompany it emerged. I thought this isn’t a subjective song about me wanting to “greet a better morning,” but rather a song from the perspective of people who, if they don’t have the spirit to “let’s greet a better morning,” will really head toward despair. After realizing that, the lyrics also shifted in that direction.
What Music Can Do
—Maririn: This is a big question, but with the increased options for listening to music through social media, I think one piece of music no longer has the same impact on society as before. Within that, what do you think music can do? Or how do you want your own music to be?
Tatsuro Aoyama: I don’t know if I’m properly answering the question, but for example, posts displaying anti-war intent on Twitter (X) or Instagram—I think that’s a legitimate approach toward peace. But if I’m going to display anti-war intent, I want to do it in a state where it has proper weight. When it comes to expression with the most weight for me, and something I can express most like myself, the number one is a “song” I wrote myself, and “Fb Morning” is exactly a song that achieved that. I think my expression is something that realistically confronts “the current situation.” More than the message itself. How people who listen to this feel is up to each person, but this song is my statement of intent.
The EP Title “Mother’s Octave”
—Maririn: Thank you for answering my sudden question. Going back a bit to an earlier song, about “Turquoise”—I wondered if these might be lyrics about a mother. If so, the EP title is also “Mother’s Octave,” so I wondered if they’re connected.
Tatsuro Aoyama: Right. I’ll keep family-related things undisclosed, but as inspiration for this EP, I think my family and upbringing influenced it. Rather than family, various arrangements and lyrics emerged from themes like the value of “loving” and whether there’s a price for it.
—Maririn: The “octave” in the EP title is the musical octave, right? “Mother’s octave.”
Tatsuro Aoyama: An octave is, for example, from a C at one pitch to a C at the next pitch is one octave, right? It’s very metaphorical, but I have my scale or my world, and someone has someone’s world. Most things are shared there, but it’s just a different octave—I wanted to express that nuance. Not the simple story of “you and I are different,” but the nuance of “we’re the same but different”—I wanted to make that the title. With personal memories and various other things included, it became the title “Mother’s Octave.”
December 17th Live at Shibuya WWW
—Maririn: I think you have a live show at Shibuya WWW on December 17th. The EP itself was created with live performance in mind—what kind of approach are you planning for the actual show?
Tatsuro Aoyama: This time, first, Yasuda-san will also participate on piano for part of it. As I mentioned, there was a change in consciousness with this EP, and we’re entering the studio as a band working toward WWW. There’s a sense that we’re making better music than before, and I’m confident that the fundamental quality will become incomparably better. On the day itself, we’re finishing with “enjoying” as the top priority, to the point where we don’t know what will happen.
Message to Listeners
—Maririn: I thought this work really suits the high ceiling and structure of WWW. I think I asked the same question during the last album, but who do you want to listen to this work?
Tatsuro Aoyama: We intend to write pop things, so it’s not like “it’s fine if it reaches only people who really love music.” The more people listen, the happier we are. Lately we’re not underground-minded either. Ultimately we don’t know how our music will be categorized or how it will be seen, but for us, the more people listen, the happier we are.
—Maririn: That concludes the interview about this work. Finally, I always ask this, but is there any work—whether music, film, or novel—that has remained in your heart or made a deep impression?
Tatsuro Aoyama: Jeff Buckley. When I watched his live footage, it felt like another door opened. He’s exactly like a “mass of physicality.” The influence from his recordings and live performances is definitely connected to the concept of this EP.
Sisters In The Velvet Release
2nd EP “Mother’s Octave”
Release Date: November 2025
Label: SITV
Distribution: Digital Release
Tracklist:
1. Red Strobe
2. To Be a Child
3. Turquoise
4. Fb Morning
Listen on streaming
Sisters In The Velvet Show Details
Event Name: Sisters In The Velvet “Mother’s Octave” EP Release Show
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Doors, Show: 18:30, 19:30
Venue: Tokyo, Shibuya WWW
Tickets:
Advance: ¥3,500
Door: ¥4,000
U-20: ¥2,000 (plus ¥600 drink fee)
*U-20 tickets require age verification at entry
Ticket Purchase: https://t.livepocket.jp/e/783fg
Sisters In The Velvet Band Profile
An alternative rock band formed in Tokyo in 2019. Beginning with Tatsuro Aoyama (vocals, guitar), Konishi (guitar), and a former bassist, they initially featured a classical alternative rock sound. They released their first album “Leaves” in 2024, attracting attention as a work integrating diverse musical explorations. Characterized by an approach that emphasizes “space in sound” and produces maximum effect with minimal necessary elements, they are known for their sincere pursuit of music’s essence. Their 2nd EP “Mother’s Octave,” released in November 2025, is garnering attention as their most impactful work packaging the “physicality of band ensemble.”
Maririn (@Igor_Bilic)
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