GARNET CROW
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Composer/Vocal: 中村由利（NAKAMURA Yuri）
Lyricist/Keyboard: AZUKI七（AZUKI Nana）
Arrangement/Keyboard：古井弘人（HIROHITO Furui）
Guitar: 岡本仁志（HITOSHI Okamoto）

First of all, what's in the name?

In an interview with NACK5 [GOOD DAY RIVERSIDE], Yuri Nakamura(the lead vocal for GARNET CROW) remarked "First of all GARNET... it's a gem not so red as ruby, neither black. The centre of garnet has a deeper and darker red that vaguely paralelles a humbleness when we talk about music making. The subtle nuance in colour, or should we say the delicate harmony in music seems to call for something with deeper meaning. That's why we choose the word GARNET."

So there you have 'red not as red, black not so black. precious as gem or sinister as crow?' The bewildering contrasts can't be more aptly explained by the music itself. It's probably a big minus for those who don't understand Japanese lyrics. NANA (GARNET CROW's lyricist) tends to compose themes which boarder on sadness, betrayals, or even life and death. This should naturally bestow a dark tone on the music but on the exact contrary, the melody sounds cheerful and upbeat. You can take it as a radiating smile that masks a cringing heart. That's just one aspect of their music. From deep within their musical conception exudes a pure passion that's like singing your lungs out at the centre of the world. Now I've digressed... Whatever way you analyse it, the music speaks for itself.

ps. Initially they came up with 'GARNET' which sounded too short and abrupt. Crows are considered to be auspicious birds in Japan. Therefore they made it 'GARNET CROW'. Crow sounds like 'Kuro' ('black' in Japanese) so there you have a pun ^^