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  18. Posted

    3 hours ago, YuyoDrift said:

    (Alright, I'm gonna try this again. Little do you guys know that yesterday I spent over 5 hours gathering my thoughts on something I wanted to contribute here and after putting together a draft I was satisfied with, my browser crashed and I lost it all 😑. Since I couldn't let it go, I'm gonna try and recover what I can from memory. A "take-two", if it sounds better.)

     

    Over the years, I've been asked why I enjoy listening to deadman so much, and more specifically, how I find Mako's voice appealing at all. While this may sound like a dumb question to a majority of the older MH members here, I want to provide my insight if it helps at all.

     

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    Idk .... it's like, Mako not only sings, he speaks to you at the same time. Volumes, chapters, and echoes of what I can only guess are solace, resonate and hit you hard as fuck as the listener, especially when your cognitive thoughts are at their weakest. I'm not trying to hype him up, but Mako was able to provide so much vigor and stamina with this voice (which I know sounds odd given that it sounds dejected and melancholic at some points), that imo, gave a new meaning to the word "resuscitate" for those of us in and out of that vulnerable state or low point in our lives.

     

    Since I'm currently between a rock and a hard place, I took the time to listen to their discography, and right away I can tell you 3 things:

    • Mako's croons are at such a perfect pitch level (I think this is referred to as the "tonal center" or "focal point"), that what some would confuse as monotonous, I interpret as colorful. Telling you to listen to "additional cause of sorrow" (or any other song in In the Direction of Sunrise and Night Light) would be cheating, so give "Sakura to Ame" or "taion" a listen. Small nuances like the quiver in his wails, the strain in his short breaths, and how personal he becomes with the microphone (you can almost visualize it), are such admirable and raw forms of his talent that you won't notice them until you feel the mood he places himself in. I rarely hear this form of passion in vocalists nowadays, and surely many can attest to this, but this slightly explains why we come running back to his vocal embrace time and time again. In short, an artist well-deserving of his title.
    • The guitar chords in songs (listen to fan favorite "盲目の羽根と星を手に") are also so well selected, shifts in tempo and atmosphere are swiftly done, giving that unconventional complexity associated with the Nagoya Kei style more truth. By being unpredictable, it allows their music to keep its high points at a constant during every playthrough. If you don't know who guitarist Aie is, then all you need to know about him is that any band he touches, has always been noticed. A well-respected member since the early days of Nagoya Kei's fruition, the flavor in his performances satisfy anyone's palate for that balance of light and dark. Shout out to the fade out of "盲目の羽根と星を手に" at 2:58. Just marvelous.
    • Their music has no superficiality to it, and I think this is the most important thing to take from all this. I feel this is a facet of professionalism that has been lost in the scene these days, where fans could relate and be drawn immediately to their music, while at times never knowing what the members actually look like. It's a style of "Visual" that I feel is ingrained in Nagoya Kei, and deadman were at the very top of that spectrum, providing substance to music that sounds like it was recorded then and there, or rather has to exist.

     

     

    I think @saishuu said it best: deadman became one of the best forms of "comfort music" to newcomers and old-fucks of the VK scene alike.

     

    With that, I've completely lost my train of thought, and feel a lot better now, so yay.

    one of the few times I'll agree with every word you've said ;)...awesome summary as to why deadman are so beloved and still classic, great reading your thoughts! deadman are definitely comfort food for anyone whos feeling down

  21. Posted

    16 minutes ago, saishuu said:

    hmm I knew I'd heard the first thing the vocalist sings before...

     

     

    not familiar with the guys at all, but this is a nice song indeed!

    pretty sure its part of a folk/nursery tale phrase, I've heard it in so many damn songs.

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