Setsubun (節分), came out in February, and the spring release, Yamawarau (山笑う), arrived May 7. All three albums are credited to "Jusell, Prymek, Sage, Shiroishi," but in a Cached newsletter announcing Yamawarau, Sage proposed an alternative: fans could refer to the group as Fuubutsushi, a Japanese word that more or less means "evoking nostalgia for a season," like cherry blossoms in spring. It's a fitting term for a group whose music echoes the subtle shifts of natural processes. On the Yamawarau track "Kodama," Shiroishi's soft, seraphic singing seems to summon a gradually intensifying instrumental interplay—gently arpeggiating guitars, pitter-pattering percussion, duvet-plush horns and violins—that's suggestive of a field of lilies coming into bloom.