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That exactly is what bothers/bothered Pura for years - great techniques, very tired structures/melodic approaches. Even with the "most experimental" efforts of theirs (count "Piano Black" as one), they are way too restrained and go for lazy 4-chord-isms instead
 
Just c'mon, Akira and Ryutaro
 

hi

yay~ ;w;
I expect great things.

Also a full album? HECK YEAH.

well shit.
 

It's a real goddamn shame that Gazette is really looking forward to PLEASE THEIR FANS instead of being more loyal to their own interests and ideas (most careful ones could pinpoint this after witnessing the humongous amount of hype Ruki has tried to build up while making us wait). My tinfoil hat is not on atm, so I am not gonna let my Tomomi-isms slide in and blame it all on PSC...
 
Actually, I remember when me and a few co. from our community had a small discussion on "what-if" situations (in terms of Gazette ofc). Even if most disagreed or just saw it as something absurd, I REALLY THINK the band should reflect their auditory (heh) interests a bit more instead of letting Ruki refine their visual image to match #2k15#rad#wack-tumblrist pseudo-fashion. Say:
 
Why won't Gazette delve further into sea changes (new, general approaches on soundscape/technical department etc.), instead of sticking to (how Stallion or others would express it) "good ol' Gazerock"?
 
I don't know about you, community, but I never witnessed them doing something radical (even DIM was something half-expected back in the day, methinks)...PSC policy? No. The band being unable to take risks TOGETHER? Yes.
 
TL;DR -  wake me up when Gazette is gonna pop up with a new release w/ e.g. dominant "urban music" sensibilities (or anything that's more or less "sudden") that were unfortunately so subtle on "Stacked Rubbish" (Agony, Calm Envy, backing vox @ FITB)*
 
Gazette is not a purely alternative act with sympathies towards experimentalism, yes - but knowing the variety of "colors" they have amassed on their "palette of sounds" (e.g. b-sides), I am pretty confident in them being anything but one-trick ponies.
 
 
*Ruki and Kai are rather avid urban music enthusiasts (in Ruki's case e.g. Tricky-ish alt. hip hop stuff), I tell you

I dunno, musically I thought it was good, alright, but I think Ruki just doesn't make great melodies any more. His choruses don't catch my attention. Especially on slow songs. Since Division they're all executed similarly in progression and structure. Very flowy and flat.
I do agree that this is probably one of the most solid songs they've released in a while. The first 1:30 seconds are really great. They've definitely nailed integrating electonics with their Gazerock and props to them for struggling through and sticking with new musical elements. They really wanted it and fought hard for it.

A real shame that SuG's "teenAge dream" wasn't mentioned seeing as the song itself marks SuG's (eventual) return to form (BLACK already showcased it but I am expecting more obvious signs) - as for anything else vk-related, don't count my commentaries in  (I am not really in touch with the scene, except for a few acts).
 
 
As for the "non-VK" department, I was actually pleased with Fitz' choices (no no no, don't blame me for favoritism lol) and really intending to give them a chance once I get over my nostalgia ventures I'll keep that new Toe in my mind as well...
 
Ps. new SEKAI NO OWARI ain't half-bad either - very odd tie-in choice though!
 
@@CAT5: We cannot call Yumi's song "blatant stealing" if the said riff happens to be sampled from Usher's track (god knows how much they modified the said snippet - it's 2k15 fhs). Someone has to up single sleeves so we could see those credits
 
Thumbs up to for TOWA TEI, btw!

A real shame that SuG's "teenAge dream" wasn't mentioned seeing as the song itself marks SuG's (eventual) return to form (BLACK already showcased it but I am expecting more obvious signs) - as for anything else vk-related, don't count my commentaries in  (I am not really in touch with the scene, except for a few acts).
 
 
As for the "non-VK" department, I was actually pleased with Fitz' choices (no no no, don't blame me for favoritism lol) and really intending to give them a chance once I get over my nostalgia ventures I'll keep that new Toe in my mind as well...
 
Ps. new SEKAI NO OWARI ain't half-bad either - very odd tie-in choice though!
 
@@CAT5: We cannot call Yumi's song "blatant stealing" if the said riff happens to be sampled from Usher's track (god knows how much they modified the said snippet - it's 2k15 fhs). Someone has to up single sleeves so we could see those credits
 
Thumbs up to for TOWA TEI, btw!

A real shame that SuG's "teenAge dream" wasn't mentioned seeing as the song itself marks SuG's (eventual) return to form (BLACK already showcased it but I am expecting more obvious signs) - as for anything else vk-related, don't count my commentaries in  (I am not really in touch with the scene, except for a few acts).
 
 
As for the "non-VK" department, I was actually pleased with Fitz' choices (no no no, don't blame me for favoritism lol) and really intending to give them a chance once I get over my nostalgia ventures I'll keep that new Toe in my mind as well...
 
Ps. new SEKAI NO OWARI ain't half-bad either - very odd tie-in choice though!
 
@@CAT5: We cannot call Yumi's song "blatant stealing" if the said riff happens to be sampled from Usher's track (god knows how much they modified the said snippet - it's 2k15 fhs). Someone has to up single sleeves so we could see those credits
 
Thumbs up to for TOWA TEI, btw!

Nah, it's Tsuki to Taiyou (they had a cameo @previous Merry PV too)
 

 
"previous Merry PV" in question:
 

He is one heck of a Cipher fanboy, lol (down to the point of adopting some of Cipher's standard ways of playing his guitar + tattoos and maybe a bit from looks too)
 
By the way, the moment I clicked on that PV @FB, the site gave me Miyavi's "HORIZON" PV as one of the suggested videos...lmao, I wonder why

Isn't Cipher Die's favorite guitarist? That's partly why I assumed this project was going to be softer in the first place, because of his D'erlanger love haha.

I'm just going off of my German knowledge, but I believe this user meant "current" with the term "actual" (aktuell). That should help to clear up the original post's questions.

This sounds like Truth-era Sugizo and I'm ok with that. It's surprising to hear something bright and light from a DEG member in contrast to the dense and dim usual stuff. It's a nice start point and a refresher from the almost anti-commercial path DEG was on until recently.

As Stallion already mentioned it, Die's "staple style" is clearly audible in the midst of well, "radio-friendly" antics as you guys would put it (FUNKY playing!).
 
I am pretty optimist about the fact that they will have a lot more to showcase, their drummer already gave a sneak peek thru his twitter on collabs with Koba and the fact that they will defo stay much longer together than you think...
 
also:
 
LANDING SLOW EVER
 

 
PS. just let the man have his fun for once - it's really refreshing to see someone from DEG pulling out some "upbeat" stuff unlike colleagues (Kaoru/Kyo) with hella "moodier" sets.

Indeed. Even hype has an expiration date

As Stallion already mentioned it, Die's "staple style" is clearly audible in the midst of well, "radio-friendly" antics as you guys would put it (FUNKY playing!).
 
I am pretty optimist about the fact that they will have a lot more to showcase, their drummer already gave a sneak peek thru his twitter on collabs with Koba and the fact that they will defo stay much longer together than you think...
 
also:
 
LANDING SLOW EVER
 

 
PS. just let the man have his fun for once - it's really refreshing to see someone from DEG pulling out some "upbeat" stuff unlike colleagues (Kaoru/Kyo) with hella "moodier" sets.

As Stallion already mentioned it, Die's "staple style" is clearly audible in the midst of well, "radio-friendly" antics as you guys would put it (FUNKY playing!).
 
I am pretty optimist about the fact that they will have a lot more to showcase, their drummer already gave a sneak peek thru his twitter on collabs with Koba and the fact that they will defo stay much longer together than you think...
 
also:
 
LANDING SLOW EVER
 

 
PS. just let the man have his fun for once - it's really refreshing to see someone from DEG pulling out some "upbeat" stuff unlike colleagues (Kaoru/Kyo) with hella "moodier" sets.

I like the song, a lot. Die's style is very notable and it stands out and gives the track that nice funk flare. Can't wait to see a live clip of this. Chorus is nice too! Just an overall cool song. 
 
Sadly, i was really hoping to hear an equal amount of Die and Koba. Seems like Die, vocally was non existent. 
 
Oh well. Its all good. 
 
I can't wait to see what else comes from these guys. 

I have the opposite problem; I can barely distinguish Die's vocals from Koba's. Sure he doesn't sound exactly the same as he does in THE NOVEMBERS, but he's clearly the most prominent voice in the song. Are we sure that Die isn't the "guest vocalist" here?
 
Anyway, I didn't have enough confidence to say what I expected this project to sound like, but I did have "super radio-friendly alt-rock" down as a possibility. Admittedly I didn't expected it to turn out as radio-friendly as it did, but oh well. I kind of understand what they mean by "live-oriented" now too; this is the type of thing that I could enjoy in a live setting but probably wont listen to very much otherwise.

Knowing that his "main colleagues" a.k.a MOON CHILD drummer and Koba are there, it is less likely that this will end up as some sort of "nu-DEG"-kind of thing (your definition sounds like something Kaoru would rather do than Die himself...since Kaoru's the "main tailor" of Dir's sound after all):
 
- Both Kashiyama (drummer) and Kobayashi ("guest" guitarist) are rather huge brit rock/shoegaze enthusiasts (common favs including Ride, The Smiths, The Cure...you can get the gist already in case you know these)
- Die always used to be the person behind the most melodic (Kaishun) and rather "alt. rocking" (I suppose "Wake" counts as one) numbers in DEG repertoire (i.e. definitely not a "metal" person, nor a person with "complex" tastes)
- Both Die and Kobayashi seem to be a lot into exploring various guitar trickeries and riffages, and their traits on that matter make them really stick out well in their respective bands 
- Marine-colored, foil-based room scenes are not doing much in case they want to express what you just called "more watered down Sukekiyo"-effect (most artsy bands aim to expand and clarify their "visions" by adding a lot to the visual effect as well, see: sukekiyo's "Aftermath" PV)
 
All in all, ender's expectations (I suppose mine too) are more likely to happen according to the factors I expressed above.

Knowing that his "main colleagues" a.k.a MOON CHILD drummer and Koba are there, it is less likely that this will end up as some sort of "nu-DEG"-kind of thing (your definition sounds like something Kaoru would rather do than Die himself...since Kaoru's the "main tailor" of Dir's sound after all):
 
- Both Kashiyama (drummer) and Kobayashi ("guest" guitarist) are rather huge brit rock/shoegaze enthusiasts (common favs including Ride, The Smiths, The Cure...you can get the gist already in case you know these)
- Die always used to be the person behind the most melodic (Kaishun) and rather "alt. rocking" (I suppose "Wake" counts as one) numbers in DEG repertoire (i.e. definitely not a "metal" person, nor a person with "complex" tastes)
- Both Die and Kobayashi seem to be a lot into exploring various guitar trickeries and riffages, and their traits on that matter make them really stick out well in their respective bands 
- Marine-colored, foil-based room scenes are not doing much in case they want to express what you just called "more watered down Sukekiyo"-effect (most artsy bands aim to expand and clarify their "visions" by adding a lot to the visual effect as well, see: sukekiyo's "Aftermath" PV)
 
All in all, ender's expectations (I suppose mine too) are more likely to happen according to the factors I expressed above.

^
 
This actually reminded me of how Kamijo based his Lareine-band's post-BLUE ROMANCE era look on "The Rose of Versailles"-manga (down to the point of Kamijo adopting Lady Oscar's look + the band covering one of its anime themes as a case in point):
 


(you can pinpoint a few similarities)
 
also, their cover of anime version OP:
 
Not to mention that one of Lareine's works (Lillie Charlotte?) has Riyoko Ikeda's (the artist behind the said manga) works w/ Lareine's anim00 counterparts