, is the first studio album by Japanese rock duo Yorushika. It was released on April 10, 2019, by .
It is a concept album based on the story of "Elma and Amy", written and illustrated by n-buna. The album contains a total of 14 songs by Amy, the protagonist of the story, who wrote them for Elma while travelling to different places in Sweden.
The album cover shows Amy, the character in the title track which explains how he quit music, standing in the crossroad of Tyska Skolgränd and Baggensgatan in Gamla Stan.
N-buna had developed the idea of writing about a man who had quit music as a way of projecting his old self. He set the story in Sweden because of having lived there as a child and the influences it had on him. He went on a trip to Sweden alone and wrote the music there. He also came up with the idea for track 7, "In June, I Write About the Town After the Rain", in a hotel in Gamla Stan as he couldn't go out due to the rain.
In addition to the music, the first press limited edition of the album titled "Letters to Elma" also contains lyrics and letters written by Amy along with pictures of the places he visited.
Prior to the release of the album, music videos for titles "Deep Indigo" on 27 December 2018, "Parade" on 11 March 2019, and "That's Why I Gave Up on Music" on 5 April 2019 were also released.
The duo released their second album titled Elma on 28 August 2019, which serves as a direct sequel to the story of That's Why I Gave Up on Music.
All lyricsï¼Âmusicï¼Âarrangement by n-buna.