Yuri's Diary Feb 29 | LOCKS Album design

Here's a rough translation for you reference. Original diary can be found on their official site. We can all look forward to the fantastic album designs as advertised by Yurippe~

Members' Diary
2008 Feb 29 (Fri) Yuri Nakamura


Hello everyone,
LOCK your heart!
This's Yurippe, leader from LOCKS cheerleading squad.

Here's some info on the crafts design of LOCKS. The cover and booklet of LOCKS limited edition features a variety of plants and animals, such as bird, parrot, rabbit, bat, chameleon, lizard etc. It broadens the scope of an evergreen GARNET vision by depicting the fragile world of animals. There're also imaginary animals (dinosaurs?) and centaurs. Please find out for yourself!

The illustrations of limited edition A and B are connected but feature different styles and animals. Please look forward to it. The lizard on the cover of Limited B is designed by my request. The tiny lizard nestled against my shoulder, isn't it cute? I encourage you to check it out. Regular edition is also cool. It pictures a pure and evergreen world everybody would dream of. The booklet has the look of a real book, with our photos inside. Track listing is the same for every edition and each design is unconventional. Choose the one to your liking!

By the way, as much as I like all the designs, if you insist on asking which is our favourite as of now, the result goes: Auzki likes Limited B. Furui likes the regular edition. Okamoto likes Limited A and I like Limited A as well. Hopefully this could help you make a decision.

There're also a lot of highlights to watch out for in the DVD. I watched it today and Ninnaji Temple Live is impressive. In the video clip we have all sorts of expressions, which is fun. The kitty named GARNET-chan who appears in the PV of 'Mou ichido waratte' (laugh again) is also worth watching.

I hope our music reaches out to everyone's heart and connects to it. This's the thought we have while making LOCKS and I hope more people would listen to it.