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It's almost too painful to be real.

Please be more than a one day revival.

Yeah, not my favorite JR song, but I knew it sounded familiar LOL

Wow, Jinkaku Radio ripoff much?

CDJapan says that their will be 3 acoustic tracks per album, similar to last time. Love the covers!

I can't tell if I like it more or less than the pink monkey man or naked green alien butt artwork covers of past years.

Been a while! Go get em' boys.

Okay, I'll give them a free pass on this one.

omg currently shitting O_O It is really refreshing to hear this darker sound again.

I swear Yoshi has like, never screamed in a recorded heidi. song before. This is awesome.

Rovin' that rook

Agreed that the names don't sound like them, but I like them anyway. I like the whole album title actually. I'm super curious, kinda sad the hype has been so minimal—Guess that's what happens when you wait 4 years between albums?

OMG this look and those covers. Love it.

That's basically my conclusion on this album as well, after giving this 2-3 weeks of hard listening. It's good, not excellent—but it can't be denied that it's slower numbers have atmosphere. Hazuki's clean vocals really shine on this album, and I found the nuances in instruments nice when they broke away from their typical formulas every now and then. I don't quite understand how it hit #8 on the oricon, but it's definitely worth a few listens.

Wow, was not expecting that much of a downgrade. Other than the vocals this is not the same band. If a band's popular enough to become major (if they are indeed major), why the hell do record labels insist on changing everything that made them good/unique enough to become major to begin with? Retarded.

YES! Please upload. I only got the Special Edition. A few weeks late but I'd like to chime in with my thoughts towards the album as well. I've been listening to it on repeat for a while now, and while I was disappointed at first, I'm gradually coming to appreciate this album as something that's different from the usual lynch. I think the compositions are simpler than most of their songs (which isn't saying much), but what it lacks in depth it makes up for in atmosphere. At first the songs blended together for a really underwhelming effect, but after multiple listens, things level out and I can appreciate the album as a whole. It's nice to see a lynch. album with this many slow songs and such great atmosphere. I still hate JØKER though; I don't think that would fit well on any of their previous albums. Their better me more bangers on their next full-length though. Favorite tracks: EXIST, SENSE OF EMPTINESS, A FOOL, OBVIOUS Not bad: THIRTEEN, RENATUS, AMBLE FAITH, FAITH Boring: GROTESQUE, JØKER, FIVE

Man, just when I start thinking this scene is a happy lollipop land full of oshare goodness, I read about forced ejaculation and arm rapes. VK never ceases to... uh... something something

They're like a physical way of downloading a digital file. Each one has a download code on it for the songs.

That's been my experience in a nutshell. Different bands provide a different fan 'aura', but generally my experience as a 20-something's gaijin has been pretty accommodating. The awkwardness always melts away when my favorite bands take the stage anyway \m/ (I've just learned to stay out of the furitsuke for my own good LOL)

Forgive me wallet.

my feels are bleeding

Wow, that was a great report! Makes me feel like I was there : > As a fellow dude, I appreciate your adventurous VK spirit for venturing into these uncharted, tiny live houses (alone I'm guessing?) Also, I noticed that 'an-ko-re' 'an-ko-ru' paradox at the one lynch. live I managed to go to. Couldn't make out what they were saying and it drove me NUTS.