SURVIVE SAID THE PROPHET | Geki Rock Interview

SURVIVE SAID THE PROPHET has released the long -awaited new single "Papersky | Win / Lose"!The song "Papersky" is the opening theme of the TV anime "Tokyo 24 wards", and the other "Win / Lose" is the professional basketball "B.LEAGUE 2021-22 Season" official theme song, double tie-up A-side.As a single, it was packed with positive thoughts for all listeners who would save the present age while snuggling up to each tie -up.This time, after the 10th anniversary of the formation, all four people talked about the new mind they arrived and the messages included in this work.

It has changed to a creative mind that creates something due to restrictions.

-The last year's retake's best album ("To Redefine / To Be Defined") has been the first time in a year.Corona's evils have turned around and the situation has changed again, and the music industry continues in a difficult time in the unstable situation.Under such circumstances, looking back on 2021, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the formation?

YOSH: The excitement of "Isn't the Saba Pro here together?" Is spreading, and keywords like "Budokan" are becoming real, and the fifth (2020 released full album "" Released in 2020. Inside Your Head])) I felt that people in the industry were acknowledging that they were professionals, so I didn't think they would stop. It took time to notice that it was gone. I was worried, but there was a feeling that I was able to come here, so I didn't notice the real situation after about six months. There was a point that I finally noticed, and I had time to think about what we had to do, and what was important. So we face each other. Normally, there are stages, so if you live live, you will definitely have the opportunity to face it with sound. I knew how important the "noisy sound" was for ourselves, but I can't say "Let's live live", so let's make a system that can make more music. "Is connected to the action. It's easy to give up, but this member is a member who doesn't give up, so there was a sense of accomplishment in 2021 that these four people could survive.

-It means that in this corona evil, you have a stronger relationship of trust as a band.

YOSH: That's right, but it's important to have time to face each other.Of course, it's a good way to run through the start dash, but that's not the case, but the fact that we stopped before pressing the continuation button would lead to the next 10 -year activity.

-Are you like you were able to rebuild for the next 10 years?

Yosh: That's right. Show: As YOSH says, you have to think about whether you can continue in the first place with the corona evil. That was more real than 2020 and 2021. Then I had the opportunity to put it on the table once on what everyone was thinking. Until then, the situation continued to be checked with each other and did not meet much. In 2020, the lives were gone in Corona, so I had a free time, so I thought a lot and made a small crack, and I couldn't do anything while feeling it. So, in 2021, we talked about what to do, and we talked, "Let's do this with four people." Without it, it might not have continued. I had the opportunity to face each other, so I was confident now that I can say, "I'm doing it with these four people." TATSUYA: I was able to organize what was messed up in 2020 in 2021 and connect more and more. Ivan: That's right. I tended to be negative, including the world situation and the band's situation, but it led to one of the triggers, which led to my own thinking again.

-I see.Please tell us about the tour of the tour last year.Returning a little time, in the retake best album timing, there were restrictions on changing the time, such as the fact that the converter of the tour ("Redefine Tour 2021") could not be able to compete in the first half of the corona.How was it actually going around?

Ivan: Well, I thought, "Live is the best!" I feel like I was able to make the sound of the time flowing in the sound. It is natural, but I was able to realize again that both myself and the band are alive, including things like "someday I will die when I was born." YOSH: Of course, in this situation, even if we plan the events we want to do, we will not do that, and even if we actually say, "Let me do it, we can do it", there are times when it works. Sometimes I think ... " However, there was something in front of me that I had to overcome, and there was a moment when the fear of such a conflict should be expressed in music. In the restricted situation, instead of saying, "If this is the best, it's best!" I had a healthy obligation that I had to keep out until I was able to make the sound of, and I started to move forward. When we came out in the scene, we were told, "There are many bands like you," and we still have the courage to continue in such a situation because it's the band that we have continued. 。 I was so easy to be in despair and got tired (laughs). It was a bit like the hardness of the indie when I was working part -time, so I thought, "I know how to get out of it." He is just worried about himself, or jumps out and meets his friends to create a miracle. There is a natural pressure that can not be resisted on a global scale, but humanity is still alive. Since humanity is progressing, it feels like a punk rock spirit that creates something from nothing.

-In the previous year ago ( * published in the January 2021 issue), he said that he would believe that something new would be created by holding a new live live, such as distribution, reserved seats.But do you think it was achieved?

Ivan: Of course, it is a negative thing, but it has changed to a creative mind that creates something due to restrictions.I wonder if how to express themselves in the flow of this era is necessary as an artist and musician in the future.Show: In myself, "Redefine Tour 2021" has a lump.It was a tough time tour, but I guess it was salvation that the feeling of solving it did not disappear.So it's easy to give up as Yosh said.The fact that I dared to suffer without choosing to give up was a chance to make a decision, so if I didn't have it, I wouldn't have been there now.

-After that, we went around six cities nationwide in November ("SOMETHING BOLD TOUR").At that time, it was a new system.

Show: I think it was a period to find the answer.From Redefine to the November tour, we had time to dialogue together, so I wonder if we had a solid system to pack a lot of packs and head there.

-The says that it rains and solidifies.There were times when I was worried about stopping the band, but because of that time, there is a unity now.

Show: That's right.It was meaningful for about nine months that everyone felt like everyone would go there.

-Is the first live in the new system a festival?

Ivan: "Satanic Carnival 2021".

-That's right.Like the "SATANIC CARNIVAL 2021)," Hyakumangoku Music Festival 2021 -Million Rock Festival- "and" Dead Pop Festival 2021 "are still there, but somehow it is managed to hold it safely.You can do it.I think he had appeared at the festival as usual before Corona.However, in such a difficult situation, I think that the band, the event, and the customers have overcome various hardships.In that sense, I guess there was a deep emotion than before.

Show: That's right.Not only the performers, but also the organizers and customers, it is natural that there is a festival every year.When I couldn't do that, I think it was a good opportunity to seriously think about what I can do to protect the festival.Sometimes it's bad, but that's not all.I think it was going on as it was, but it wasn't possible to do something new.At that time, it feels like you were beaten and woke up.Yosh: Among them, "Dead Pop (Dead Pop Festival)" was something I thought "I want to come out someday."

-It's surprising, but it's the first time.

Yosh: That's right. There are various types of festivals, but among the seniors, SIM is always crisp, and the festival where such a band is doing is something in us. When the event grows bigger, a mistake match occurs somewhere, but when the band presides out, I thought that it would be so firm or solidified. It's the same as the "new festival shape" that came out earlier, but it was cool for two consecutive days, but I didn't feel any difficulty or one millimeter. Well, I felt, "I don't know, I'm still there." It was an important festival called "I have to work hard." Ivan: It's like keeping the festival or protecting music. Do you stand on that stage with everything? YOSH: Isn't SIM a band that has been playing music even in a difficult situation? We are a band that came in a harsh environment, and we are proud of that. Now, it is a difficult time to play music worldwide, and I think it has been tested very much. So, as long as they keep doing cool things, we want to be cool. Ivan: The creativity and unity of this corona was amazing.

-I see.In this situation, which is changing dramatically, the number of van live is now drastically decreasing.In that case, there are fewer opportunities to watch other bands, and they are no longer launching with other bands.By appearing in such a festival, such as communication between bands and bands and communities, it seems to exchange band information, such as how to show live performances in other bands of corona and maintain motivation.Did you have anything?

SHOW: If this live is continuing for a long time, there are some things that customers may get used to the lack of live.But in fact, I knew everyone's feelings, "Please let me listen to the music in the future."YOSH: It was surprising that everyone in the audience had enjoyed the rules properly.I wanted music, so I felt the feeling of protecting it myself.If I could answer that respect, I thought it would be a bigger wave and spread.Ivan: Even if you think about it in the last 100 years, it's really "now".Tatsuya: It's a valuable experience.

-There is to convert it to that positive.

TATSUYA: It's being established as a new way.Show: Do you want to come to the festival until then (laughs)?If you look at such enthusiasm, you will really cry.

-The hurdle is high compared to Corona before.

YOSH: A while ago, I said "I went to the live" to the people around me.We have to continue in order not to forget the lock.Survive Said The Procet (the prophet told me to survive) (laughs).