"To listen to is to be drawn into a world as intimate as a warmly lit home, but cosmic in scale. Aoba's latest album, Luminescent Creatures is the culmination of her 15-year long career - during which she's collaborated with Japanese luminaries such as, , , and more - and finds her deftly melding the jazz-infused folk of her early albums with the orchestral world building of her 2020 opus . Luminescent Creatures is about making meaningful connections against impossible odds. The sea is immense and ancient, but it is also reminiscent, housing a deep record of fossils and recollections of how we've treated our planet. 'When I stare into the seemingly bottomless black depths of a trench,' Ichiko reflects. 'I occasionally see the blinking light of some rainbow-colored lifeform.' That organism may not speak any known language, but in that moment it managed to communicate in a universal way. 'My beloved Luminescent Creatures.'" - Psychic Hotline

• black vinyl pressing
• includes large foldout poster
• music label: Psychic Hotline 2025