From the opening moments, it's clear that "Mao Ichimichi A Distant Shore Cracked" is an aural journey to a distant, forsaken place. The sounds are fragmented and disjointed, like the detritus of a long-abandoned shoreline. Ichimichi's vocals, when they appear, are a mournful whisper, a plaintive cry that seems to emanate from the very depths of the abyss.