Coaltar of the Deepers is a rock band from Tokyo, Japan. Their style is roo… Read Full Bio ↴Coaltar of the Deepers is a rock band from Tokyo, Japan. Their style is rooted in shoegaze, but incorporates elements from diverse sources ranging from conventional alternative rock to heavy metal and electronica.

The group was founded in Tokyo in May 1991 by front-man Narasaki. During that time, they recorded demo tapes in which most of the songs made it on their first EP release. Near the end of the year, the ”White EP” was released on Strange Records. The EP had former member Watanabe on vocals while Narasaki played guitar. The band was inactive until late 1992, when they released their second EP, ”Queen’s Park all you change” on Stomly Records. The EP featured Narasaki assuming his current role of lead vocals and guitar. The band gained some recognition with the release of their third EP, ”Sinking Slowly” a month later.
The group's first album "The Visitors From Deepspace" was released in 1994 on Victor Records. In 1997 the band released new material; another EP, Cat EP, was released on ZK Records. In 1998, the band released Submerge, an album full of remixes, rare and new songs and a best-of album, Breastroke. Dog EP was released before their next full-length album in 2000, Come Over to the Deepend (a play on the band's abbreviation COTD).

The band put out the Robot EP in 2001, which was followed by the release of their album No Thank You. The album marked a new era for the band as they experimented even more heavily with electronic elements. A new album was released in 2002, newave. With their small U.S. tour in 2003, Narasaki showed interest in an even heavier sound and released the Mouse and Penguin EPs.

After the release of the 2004 EPs, Narasaki composed the musical score for the anime Paradise Kiss and worked on his side project Sadesper Record, which released a full-length album earlier that year. In 2006, the band continued working on a new EP and album, both of which were released in mid-2007, named Tortouise EP, and Yukari Telepath.

Narasaki, while being the leader of the band, has been an active musician in Japan. In 1999, Narasaki created the side project Sadesper Record which is more electronic based than Coaltar of the Deepers. In 2004, the second Sadesper Record album was released. He has also contributed to the band Tokusatsu in which the group created the soundtrack for the movie Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies.
Narasaki has also contributed to the shoegaze band Astrobite.

Current members:
Narasaki (Nackie) - vocals, guitar, programming
Kanno - drums

Former members:
Watanabe - vocals (left 1991)
Takanori - guitar (left 1992)
Fjtk - vocals, guitar (left 199x)
Negishi - guitar (left 1995)
Nagasawa - bass (left 1995)
Koji - guitar (left 1998)
Ichimaki - guitars, backup vocals (left 2001)
Kawanaka - bass (left 2001)
Yoshio - bass (left 2007)

Supporting members:
Akira Nakayama - guitar (from Plastic Tree)
Koji - guitar (from now-defunct Cocobat)
Watchman - keyboards, percussion (ex-member of Melt-Banana, also takes part in helping Narasaki with Sadesper Record)
Kenjiro Murai - bass (ex-member of Cali≠Gari, current support as of 2007)

Discography:

Studio albums
THE VISITORS FROM DEEPSPACE (April 21, 1994)
Come Over To The Deepend (March 8, 2000)
NO THANK YOU (May 23, 2001)
newave (February 28, 2002)
Yukari Telepath (July 4, 2007)

EPs
WHITE E.P. (December, 1991)
Queen’s Park all you change (October 25, 1992)
SINKING SLOWLY (November 25, 1992)
GUILTY FOREST (1994)
CAT EP (January 31, 1997)
CAT EP II (1997)
RECEIVE E.P. (March 25, 1998)
DOG e.p. (November 21, 1999)
ROBOT EP (April 25, 2001)
MOUSE E.P (November 2, 2004 - Limited Sale, Live Only)
Penguin e.p (November 26, 2004)
TORTOISE EP (May 23, 2007)
BEAR EP (December 5, 2007 - Included with the EP Box Set 1991-2007)
DEAR FUTURE (2011)
RABBIT EP (2018)

Compilations
SUBMERGE (Rarities and Remixes) (March 25, 1998)
THE BREASTROKE (Best-Of) (December 16, 1998)
THE BREASTROKE II (January 13, 2010)

DVD
FOREVER (April 13, 2005)

Boxset
Coaltar of the Deepers Ep Box Set 1991-2007 (December 5, 2007)

Official webpages:
http://www.musicmine.asia/cotd/info.html
http://www.myspace.com/cotdeepers
http://www.entreaty.jp/
http://cotdfan.thisisht.com/
http://www.myspace.com/cotdfan

Giant
Coaltar Of The Deepers Lyrics

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そこにはいつかみた夢
いままっすぐにのびて
きえる線がおよぐ
ときをさがしながらさまよう
夢のなかへ

昨日を箱につめこんだら
またさよなら

あしたはどこに行こう
とびらあけてみれば
きっと今もあえるね
らせん状にのびてきえてく
夢のとびら

昨日会えてもふりかえれば
とけいのなか

あしたはどこに行こう
とびらあけてみれば
きっと今もあえるね
らせん状にのびてきえてく
夢のとびらあけて
はだしでいこう

とおくちかいあしたみつける
夢のとびら

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Coaltar Of The Deepers' song "Giant" talk about chasing after dreams, looking for the meaning of time and finding one's own path in life. The song opens with the lines "There is a dream I once had, it stretches straight ahead, as the disappearing lines search for time, I wander into the dream."

The singer then talks about putting yesterday in a box and saying goodbye, wondering where tomorrow will take them. They believe that if they open the door to tomorrow, they will surely encounter what they are looking for. The chorus repeats the line "Open the door to the dream, let's walk barefoot, we will find tomorrow."

The song speaks to the universal theme of self-discovery and the pursuit of one's dreams. The lyrics suggest that we all have a dream that we are trying to achieve and that we are willing to go through a lot of struggle and uncertainty to get there. Ultimately, the song ends on the idea that we must keep moving forward, always searching for that open door to our dreams.

Line by Line Meaning

そこにはいつかみた夢
The dream that was once seen there

いままっすぐにのびて
Stretches straight ahead now

きえる線がおよぐ
The disappearing line extends

ときをさがしながらさまよう
While searching for time, I wander

夢のなかへ
Into the dream

昨日を箱につめこんだら
If I pack yesterday in a box

またさよなら
It's goodbye once again

あしたはどこに行こう
Where should I go tomorrow?

とびらあけてみれば
If I open the door and look

きっと今もあえるね
Surely we can meet now

らせん状にのびてきえてく
It stretches and disappears like a spiral