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...I...I literally JUST heard these songs on nocleansinging. Such br00tal.

While I really like the "The Comeback Kid" style they've got going on here, I feel like they've lost something with Hiro going down the more hardcore vocals route. Meh, I'm probably just not used to it yet.

THIS is excitement. Their self-cover album a few months back was excellent.

Get hyped people, dat post-punk groove is sick.

I am so hyped for this. When LAR put out their last mini-album, I ended up with all of their stuff at once. It was a beautifully melancholy day. I mean that in the least high-school-goth way possible. Like Brand New or Sunny Day Real Estate melancholy.

Apparently it was released, but I never saw it anywhere. Best luck is probably amazon or special order through a record shop.

I'm still trying to find their last album, "Shinzou LIVE RATIONS." I'll end up picking it up next time I'm in Japan, but still.

I think they might also be releasing their new album in the UK/Europe, if not another world-wide release. Burundanga had world wide release according to altpress, and in the same story they were talking about new plans for recording. Maybe we'll get lucky?

Just as an fyi, the whole "Stop sharing" thing is a gigantic gag. What Nao, the drummer, is saying at the end is stuff like, "Stop shouting about uploading to Winny, nobody does that anymore. Look even the kids are gone because of your shouting. Look, now the last one is gone too." Obviously, yes, they probably do support that "please stop sharing," ethic, but the entire "stop stop winny upload~" seems to a bit of a deliberate over-exaggeration.

Jinn, whose last commercial level release was 2010's "ENGINE," mini-album will release a new Tower Records limited single titled "RIZING," on May 8th. Likewise, on June 5th, they will release their third album, "To The Seeker," on Defrock Records. Jinn saw popular radio play as well as several anime tie-ins in and around 2007/8. However, they have not put out a full album since 2008's "Qualia," making it over 5 years since their last album. A lyric video as well as announcement for "RIZING," and the album can be seen below. http://youtu.be/l8oFHtWU5TY

Well, Kouta is the other guitarist in LIGHTNING, which is IRON-CHINO's "serious" band, and Juhki from KNIGHTS OF ROUND are both in it, so the Doujin crossover is pretty strong. Got me though.

Absolutely it will. I'm actually kindof glad that I came on DEG when I did, because their musical evolution has followed my taste's evolution pretty damn well.

I can dig it (the tunes and the blonde).

450yen says it gets delayed til Spring M3!

http://youtu.be/wlJxiSdJSF8 Boom, full song, online.

The gods and buddhas are smiling on 2013....does this mean the end really is coming on the 21st?

And now a 60~ second clip. Of course they cut off before they hit the heavier part, but I'm...really digging this, actually lol.

Since I had written it out for someone else anyway, I may as well put it here too. Who knows, maybe it'll be reposted. --- Aa iu naraba tokku ni Sekai wa mou kirakira nanda aa Ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku to ka Itte taratara shiten da aa Sakki kara aa mou urusai na Itsu made herahera shitenda aa Sono me wo tojitemiro yo Itsuka wa kirakira shitan da aa Kono hankei sanjuu senchi no nake de Chigireta te no kanshoku bakari motomeru Hankei sanjuu senchi no naka de Karappo no te wo nigitte tsukidashitan da Kanashimi ni kirekake no kaidou ga chikachika Ryoute ni kakaerarete mita ano hi Kareha mai odoru ano yuugure Tabun samuku wa nakatta Tabun samuku wa nakatta Kono hankei sanjuu senchi no naka de Ushinau koto bakari osoreteita Hankei sanjuu senchi no naka de Nani ka ga chigattemiedashitan da aa Sora ni mugen de sakendeita hibi Ichizu na Yume wo Tsumekomu tame demo atta Hankei sanjuu senchi no naka de Subete ga chigattemiedashitan da

Quick note, this isn't the lead vocalist/guitarist, but Hidaka Tooru, former BEAT CRUSADERS lead singer and guitarist who joined up shortly after BEAT CRUSADERS ceased activities.

The comparison would be apt, had LP actually done such a thing.

Where is my like button, gosh.

He's only in it for the lolis. Maybe the djent-djent too, but most definitely the lolis.

Bah, that stinks.

This. Last album was absolutely solid work with nowhere to go but up.

They've toured with some pretty damn good bands imo. I saw them in 2007 with The Fall of Troy (who I couldn't appreciate at the time), and Deftones. Even if you don't like Deftones, you have to give them props for the respect they still get from the music community. I saw them in 2008 with The Human Abstract who you really can't hate anymore after their third album (First was good, second was shit, third was a whole new way to enjoy music). Then in 2010 with Apocalyptica, which is awesome. As far as AA goes, while I dislike them personally, they've proven popular - to get a tour with them is a pretty sweet gig.