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MiMaKiNoMoTo
Chiba Yuusuke has produced a solo singer named [artist]渋沢葉[/artist] and is she awesome @_@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff1w5um_i48 The audio on that video isn't so good... I'd recommend listening to the studio version. Isn't her voice awesome though? He produced her 2 mini-albums along with Masami Tsuchiya but all compositions and lyrics are hers. She also mentioned being a fan of the TMGE and The Birthday... and well, she sings in such a badass way! I thought you may enjoy this. :D
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ClassicAppa
New single くそったれの世界 will be released on the 16th April. Now we only need a new album :)
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ClassicAppa
The Birthday's new single LEMON will be released on the 4th December. Let's hope it will kick some serious ass :D
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foleykitano
Please don´t get me wrong, i like the new album and there are some really good tracks on it. They also don´t have to change their sound very much, but, as I said, I can´t lose the feeling Chiba has less new ideas and is repeating himself over and over musically. If you compare the sound of Thee Michelle Gun Elephant from the beginning (lets say the song sekai no owari: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PImjio4EPgw) to their later albums (let´s say Turkey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo5Mk-SGCMk), TMGEs sound was so different over time and still so amazing. The Birthday just can´t reach that level.
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Cedrino
So far it seems VISION is gonna be my favorite album since NIGHT ON FOOL. I agree it doesn't sound especially original, but I don't mind at all, because why change something that is already perfect :) Can't really say which songs I enjoy the most, whole album sounds equally strong to me. However towards the end with their 2nd single and STORM it gets absolutely stellar.
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foleykitano
VISION is, in my opinion, a solid album. You´ll get the typical The Birthday sound you probably want to listen to, but it´s nothing new. Everything sounds as always and I can´t lose that feeling Chiba is getting more and more unoriginal. He/They seem to have less new ideas, nothing is going forward. Always the same. For example: Why is a song called "LOVE SICK BABY LOVE SICK"? There was a song on ROSSO´s "Dirty Karat" called "Monkey Love Sick". Don´t know if you get my opinion, but I think he´s repeating himself over and over. No new ideas. Also that bass intro to "KICKING YOU" sounds very much like the bass intro to Thee Michelle Gun Elephant´s "G.W.D.", don´t you think? I must honestly say..I´m a bit disappointed. Sure, I like their sound and I will listen to the album. But I don´t know where it´s going.
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foleykitano
So Chiba worked together with every BJC member, except of Asai Kenichi. This one has to come in 2013 ;)
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ClassicAppa
Awesome news everybody: Imai Akinobu is part of the Snake on the Beach-Project :)
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Cedrino
Oh and I've been saying it always when the new album was announced, but it still amazes me how someone can record 6 (technically 7 because Motel Radio Sixty Six is long enough to count) solid albums in 6 years. I feel like I still owe proper listen to last two of them... and yet new amazing stuff keeps coming!
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ClassicAppa
abso-fucking-lutely :) how about this one? - http://www.last.fm/music/The+Birthday/+images/76493968
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foleykitano
We could finally vote up a photo with Fujī Kenji, don´t you guys think? ;) http://www.last.fm/music/The+Birthday/+images
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VanillaLover
Is he Inactive at the moment then? Really miss his solos and guitar work in general.
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VanillaLover
Excited by all this new music, especially the new Toyoda Toshiaki film and tie-in Soundtrack/Band, loving the new single also. The lead track さよなら最終兵器 is a bit of a masterpiece in all honesty. I was worried when Imai left, but I can see the direction the band is going in and it's beginning to blossom.
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