Narasaki continued to indulge in side projects, the most prominent being Sadesper Record, which provided the song Torso for the anime series #Boogiepop Phantom in 1999, but Coaltar of the Deepers found time to get another proper album, Come Over to the Deepend, out by 2000, followed by the EP Robot and the third studio LP, No Thank You, in 2001. The relative swiftness may have been prompted by Narasaki's interest in experimenting: No Thank You had strong electronic elements and its follow-up, Newave, borrowed from Eastern traditional music. In 2002 the band contributed to the anime series #Beck; in 2003 Coaltar of the Deepers toured the U.S. (to little consequences); and after that they got back to experimenting in the studio -- the 2004 EPs Mouse and Penguin featured a heavier sound. Narasaki dashed off to other projects in 2005-2006, doing the score for the anime series #Paradise Kiss, working with Sadesper Record again, creating one more side project (Runaway Boys with Kyo from D'erlanger), and producing the shoegazers Astrobrite. However, in 2007 Coaltar of the Deepers returned with a double helping of music -- the EP Bear and fifth album Yukari Telepath. In 2007 the band also shrank to a duo after Yoshio decided to quit. ~ Alexey Eremenko, Rovi
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