Seimeisen

Artwork for 言の葉. Not too elaborate, but still very nice.

It sure doesn't feel like fall where I'm at. It's 13°C in the morning, and 35°C in the daytime. Fucking blows! I want cold weather IN THE DAY; I miss wearing jackets. And besides, with my school schedule, such a gap between temperatures is FUCKING UNCOOL!!

Those both sound cool. Can't wait to hear the full versions.

I don't think the latter fact matters since all those live dist songs are on the album, and everything else is on Assortment. Their disbandment is still quite sad.

This doesn't bother me at all /sarcasm

That would be a ... very interesting direction, but I doubt it.

Artwork time:

Placed an order at CDJapan: AvelCain - 妖の匣 (Limited Edition) GHOSE - Assortment Plastic Tree - マイム (Standard Edition) First order there in about two years. Had to pay with my debit card instead of PayPal, so I couldn't get the 500 bonus points.

So, there's a few people here who have selected HMV as a favourite. What's so great about it? What separates it from Amazon JP? Or CDJapan? Do they just have a better selection?

The only of those leaked tracks that remotely impressed me was "MESSAGE FROM HERE," I thought it was a really nice song. Maybe it would have been better to release that as a single, with two of the other tracks that didn't leak as b-sides? And yeah, WERUKOMU TSU DAA ANDAGURAUNDO was pretty bad.

Song leaks: DEAD END WELCOME TO THE UNDERGROUND HATE ME OR LOVE ME? THE NEVER MESSAGE FROM HERE credit: akiryu26 @ tumblr

That's why I'd use FedEx, or at the very least, Registered SAL. Come to think of it, whenever I use CDJapan, I almost always use FedEx. Also, I find it funny, pointless, and somewhat infuriating that their Registered Airmail takes longer than EMS, but it's more expensive.

Technically, I hate having to deal with all of these sites at some capacity, since there's always some inconvenience... except for Bandcamp, that site is wonderful; and I'm sure RarezHut would be very convenient too, since they don't operate in Japan. Agreeing that あづまや本舗 has a nice selection, though some of their things can be freakishly expensive. However, before they started shipping overseas, I placed orders on that site through FROM JAPAN, and shipping to the warehouse was always free. Haven't tried ordering from them since they started shipping overseas. I like ClosetChild and PureSound, because they have a nice selection, but they ONLY let you use EMS. Also, PureSound makes you e-mail them an order form, which is fucking weird. CDJapan can be a pain in the ass from time to time (especially with pre-orders), but they have multiple shipping options, so it can be more affordable in many cases. FROM JAPAN used to be my all-time favourite thing ever, but now I feel a bit resentful. It's perfect for buying multiple things from several different stores, but buying only two CDs from a different store... not so much, but sometimes it's the only option. Also, it seems that they go to great lengths to make sure that customers spend the most money (e.g: putting two CDs in a GIANT BOX so you can pay more for shipping but charging you to make them put the items in a smaller packet). With my financial situation, I will only, ONLY purchase through FROM JAPAN if it is my last resort, or it is (by some freakish circumstance) the cheapest option.

Just post 158 things and your name will become yellow.

A studio version of that (i.e: no crowd noise) would sound pretty cool!

Wow! 16 tracks. And I was kind of curious if 輪郭 would have made it to the album. I have a playlist where that song is at the end of THE UNRAVELING (...THE FINAL → 霧と繭 → MACABRE → 輪郭), so it'll feel a bit strange hearing it in the middle of an album, as opposed to the end. Hmmm... yeah I don't see RUKI un-hitting the caps lock button anytime soon. But still, it's kinda cool haha. There's not even any WeIRd cAPs oR AnyTHING...

Yes. By the way, I wasn't able to read your comment on my status, because I can't do that on my phone.

Yeah, why are people bitching about 似非林檎 being on the fucking tracklist, if it's a rare (or rare-ish) song?

Oh yeah, I heard that preview, too. I was really surprised by it lol. But I would be surprised if the EP version is based off the tape version. It wasn't even グリーヴァ lol. And we still don't know for sure if all the songs are re-recordings, or if there will be remasterings as well... "黒イ百合ノ花ト" ... what does that mean btw? "And the Flower That's a Black Lily?"

OMG this is so cruel lol, I don't know how I can decide between the first four. Honestly, I love them all; the only ones that I could say I like "favour less" are Withering and DSS, and even then, those two are pretty great albums...... I think I'm gonna go with 鬼葬, just because it has always stood out the most to me, and is what really got me hooked after hearing the DECADE 1998-2002 compilation.

Yes. It was also released on their first music video DVD collection. I've only heard the music video version, so I'm not sure if that one is different from the demo tape version. There was a free live distributed CD earlier this year called "終焉-MAD DEATH-" that had two songs on it, and is now very very very very very expensive to buy second hand.