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GOATBED new album "「」Ying & Yang" will be released in summer of 2013. New classical long play compact tour 2013 correct SUMMER 「」Male&Female principles: 2013/08/24_SAT: TAKASAKI club FLEEZ 2013/08/28_WED: NAGOYA APOLLO THEATER 2013/08/29_THU: OSAKA AKASO 2013/08/31_SAT: SHIBUYA CLUB QUATTRO Sources: Twitter | OHP

This is Kra's latest album, and personally I absolutely adore it. I wrote a review for it right after I got the album, so I'll just paste that one here. 1. Clown's parade This is just an instrumental intro song, but it's extremely catchy and pulls you into the album right away. It starts with marching drums, and then a very circus-like melody kicks in. Kra really seems to have a talent for making intro songs, GURICO's intro was also amazing. Even though it's just an intro song, I consider still consider it an extremely good, worthy song. 2. Alice This was sort of the main song, the one that was previewed all the time to promote the album. So I'd heard it a few times already in varying qualities before hearing it on the album. It's honestly a great, typical Kra song. It's cheerful but a little bit melancholic, and has a memorable chorus. The piano parts and the part near the end where Keiyuu talks instead of singing make it unique. 3. Bastard Okay, so I have a weakness for cool bass lines, therefore this song automatically wins. It's not just that though, this is a great upbeat rock song. It's not unique, Kra has done this many times before, but it's done well and... you know... that bass line... I also love the guitar solo in this song, and I don't usually like guitar solos. 4. Kakusei Distortion This was a single, released September last year if I remember correctly. At that time I really loved this song and I still do. It's hard to review because I've listened to it so many times now, but basically it's an awesome upbeat song with a great message. It makes me want to jump around, and that's exactly the intention of the song. I'm also impressed at how Keiyuu is kind of yelling half of the time, but he still seems to have good control over his voice. 5. Tokoyo no Kimi Okay, I freaked out (in a good way) when this song started. It starts with a jazzy piano solo, I almost thought it was going to be a really slow dramatic jazz song or something, but then the bass and drums kick in and it becomes, well, a Kra song. There's still some prominent piano parts though. While it's upbeat, there is a dramatic-kind of feeling in the way the chorus is sung ... Keiyuu's voice in the chorus is absolutely beautiful in the chorus. ALSO THAT BASS SOLO OMG 6. Resistance Okay I just want to start out by saying this song reminds me so much of Muse. I never expected to think a Kra song sounds like Muse, but it's just... the mood is exactly the same. Keiyuu uses his 'rough voice' in this song, and while I can't say he sounds sexy (I'm sorry Keiyuu is adorable no matter what he does), it really fits the song. Besides that, it's a real rock song, loads of heavy guitar riffs and yelling and so on. Oh, and matching the title, it really has a feeling of revolution/ protest. 7. Regret After Resistance this song is a bit calmer, and Keiyuu's normal voice is back. The most memorable thing about this song is the guitar during the intro and outro, even thought it's a bit repetitive. The guitar also makes some interesting sounds during the chorus, but for some reason its volume is very low and you can hardly hear it over Keiyuu's voice. This is a good song, but I don't have much more to say about it. 8. Honne This is the second single song on this album (by the way, this is the regular version I'm listening to, the limited edition doesn't have Kakusei Distortion or Honne). So once again, it's hard to review because it was released a while ago and I've heard it so many times now. Basically, I find the first part of this song a bit boring, but after the BASS SOLO and guitar solo and the bridge there's a piano a capella part and it breaks my heart a little bit every time, and the chorus after that is so empowering for some reason. 9. Joker Yeah! This song is very jazzy and danceable, exactly how I like my Kra songs. The bass in this song is sexy (even more than usual), and for once the guitar is not all over the place but actually pretty plain (besides the solo of course). The vocals are really cool too, but the 'Baaaka' part at the end of the first chorus always makes me laugh for some reason. I adore this song, maybe it should have been the main song used for promotion instead of Alice. Out of the entire album, I think this is the song I'm going to listen to the most. I can already imagine myself thinking ' Oh, I want to listen to that Joker song now'. 10. Hoshi no Sakyuu A bit like Regret, this is a good song, but it's a pretty typical Kra song and there isn't much to say about it. It's a bit sad and dramatic but still very upbeat. The verses are a bit plain (musically, that is, lyrically is another story) but the chorus is quite memorable. 11. SMLT Okay this song is all over the place, but the best way the describe it would be 'playful'. Both the verses and chorus are great, and then there's that weird chipmunk voice near the end... really creepy when you're blasting the song through your headphones. There's also the sound of bells chiming throughout the song, which is unusual but pretty cool. I'm not going to start about the lyrics... 12. Utopia This is a great ending song, with harmonica parts and acoustic guitar and this kind of starry night, campfire feeling. I think this is the only song that could be considered calm, but the drums are a bit too loud for that probably. Anyway, it's a good song to end the album. --- This album is very typically Kra, but it brings enough variety and exciting songs. Kra has existed for 11 years now, and they're a PSC band, so I keep expecting them to become boring and make generic pop-rock-visual kei-whatever, but they didn't! I'd give this album a 9/10. So has anyone else listened to it? What are your thoughts?

their new maxi single "ALLURE" will be released at 2013/05/22 (1,575yen), which will include CD+DVD (including "ALLURE" PV) [CD track list] 01.ALLURE 02.BEHIND THE SCENES

The similarities are indeed hard to ignore. D: .... This is me as a functional part of society: this is me being superduper oldschool:

Lol, brilliant GIF usage. Haven't posted a picture here in forever. Here's a dog and a person. And here's one I really like:

[CD track list] 01.intro 02.Sandy 03.Light come, light go. 04.Sick 05.Overcoming 06.七秒(shichibyou) 07.Lily 08.Onkalo 09.Daiquiri 10.ADAM 11.Boom slang 12.L.O.D 13.Dear family 14.Agnus Dei