Elma (album)

Elma (エルマ) is the second studio album by Japanese rock duo Yorushika. It was released on August 28, 2019 by Universal J. This was their first album to be released by a major music label.

Overview
Elma serves as a sequel to the story of the previous studio album titled, That's Why I Gave Up on Music, a concept album based on the story of "Elma and Amy". The story now follows Elma's perspective as she receives the letters and lyrics written by Amy and travels the same path in Sweden as he once did.

Release
The first press limited edition contains Elma's diary and pictures of her maps tracing the land travelled by Amy.

Prior to the release of the album, music videos for titles "A Hole Opened Up in My Heart" on 24 June 2019, "Rain with Cappuccino" on 1 August 2019, and "Nautilus" on 27 August 2019 were also released.

Track listing
All lyrics／music／arrangement by n-buna.

Usage

 * "A Hole Opened Up in My Heart" was used in Teikyō Heisei University's TV commercial in 2019.
 * "Nautilus" was used as the theme song for the 7th Kōshien Drama Award-winning Japanese drama Koto no Ha (言の葉) in 2020.

Personnel

 * Main
 * n-buna – lyrics, music, arrangement, guitar, piano, other instruments, and producer
 * suis – vocals


 * Supporting
 * Mitsuyasu Shimozuru (下鶴 光康) – guitar
 * Tatsuya Kitani (キタニ タツヤ) – bass
 * Masack – drums
 * Tetsuya Hirahata (平畑 徹也) – piano, keybaords


 * Recording engineers／Producers
 * Hideyuki Matsuhashi (松橋 秀幸) – recording engineer, mixing engineer
 * Takuma Kase (加瀬 拓真) – assistant engineer
 * Yasuyuki Kondō (近藤 康行) – recording superviser
 * Taku Nakamura (中村 卓), Hideichi Kurita (栗田 秀一), Shoki Abe (阿部 祥紀) – executive producers
 * Daigo Aonuma (青沼 大悟) – product manager
 * Keisuke Matsuoka (松岡 恵介) – production manager／design management


 * Coordinators
 * Anju Ikeda (池田 安寿) – A&R
 * Midori Shimizu (清水 美登里) – artwork coordinator
 * Naoko Iwasaki (岩崎 直子) – sales promotion
 * Takehide Ishiyama (石山 武秀) – artist management


 * Art
 * Popurika (ぽぷりか) – illustration
 * DMYM/No.734 – art director, design


 * Studios
 * Recording studios – Matsusuta (Tokyo, Japan), Volta Studio (Tokyo, Japan), Universal Music Studios (Tokyo, Japan)
 * Mixing studio – Matsusuta Studio (Tokyo, Japan)
 * Recorded／Mixed by Hideyuki Matsuhashi (松橋 秀幸), and Mastered by Yūji Chinone (茅根 裕司) at Sony Music Studios (Tokyo, Japan)