How did Citrus end up signing to Oyamada Keigo’s (Cornelius) Trattoria Records?
Oyamada came to see Citrus play live, and he asked us to do something. Citrus came out late into Trattoria’s releases. At first, the label was more sophisticated sounds, but slowly Oyamada’s tastes started to change. He was looking for something that sounded nothing like what he had put out before, and we had good luck that he discovered us right at that time. When you got onto Trattoria did you start going into real recording studios? No. (laughs) I thought it was a nuisance to try out a new studio, but more than that, since we had received some money to record from Trattoria, we decided to give it to the people who had recorded us for free in the past. Although on our break time, we started to be able go eat eel or sushi. That was the degree of how much things changed. (laughs) From the first Trattoria EP Boat, Drive In, I think you pretty much solidified the “Citrus sound.” And even today, no one really sounds like what you did with those four Trattoria EPs — using indie-pop guitar,
