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Well not only that, but didn't eve compose a lot of their songs too? I only know of cordyceps sinensis, chains of collar and Kesshou Hana off the top of my head but those are some of their better songs.

Then again Satoshi did do A Box In Beautiful and Lily I think so this new single is still inexcusable.

Well I guess the news answers that question. I guess Juliette ARE gone.

Yuuki looks like a cheap slut, Satoshi trying to impersonate Slash is just fucked up, and the PV itself, the quality and the song are absolutely horrible. More "Royal Order" please.

Change of members? Check.

Almost complete disregard of former band concept? Check.

Some new crappy jazzy-VK monster? Check.

This just seems....typical. I LOVE this band and I'm not digging it.

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Somehow, I have a feeling this won't be as bad as X-RAYS. Maybe it will be as good as FOC.

If you still haven't listened to them, then what's your damn excuse?

It always amuses me how each and every year we hear the same "OMG, SO MANY DISBANDMENTS, THIS IS THE WORST YEAR FOR VK EVER!!!" meme.

No. Apparently FRAGILE is a whole new song. The one that was released at 6/30 was Muchi.

Upsetting but when you're in the VK scene for long enough you get over it.

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And just like that I'm over it.

A shame too, since they just got a lot of their stuff released on the Japanese iTunes if I read Rito's (Lycaon) blog correctly.

Well, I guess no more Beauty and the Beast co-headlining tours anymore.

Expected this after Cursed Hurricane / Ancient Rain. After that I second Des.

But no support bassist? Well I suppose either Rito or Satoshi (or maybe even Yuuki) could just do the bass themselves for studio recordings...

Oh and ??? (ex. ?????? Dr.) helped edit Lycaon's latest PV.

Not a fan of either kagerou or the studs but you have to give respect when a good musician dies. Rest in peace Daisuke.

There's also another song called "FRAGILE". Maybe someone can identify it. Personally I've never heard of it but here:

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Time to be different and sit with the minority for a change

Things I do like:

Very nice, mellow piano. It's simple but effective. I think I heard it in the middle and at the end. It's a nice way to start and end the song.

Great solo(s), as always. I don't know whether to call it a plus or a requirement. It IS Leda after all.

The varying tempo in the song. I like the way that it just speeds up and then slows down at random parts in the song. It's not perfect but other bands would have butchered that.

Things I don't like:

I don't like the English lyrics. It's not even because they're in English but it's mainly because Juri sounds funny when he tries to sing in English. His voice just isn't as melodic as when he sings in Japanese. I can deal with that though.

The misplaced brutality in parts of this song. I don't have a problem with guttural screaming and double bass if it's used properly but it's thrown about lazily here. This song doesn't need double bass. Fix that on the album version please.

These TRANSITIONS! The intro piano to guitar transition was weak but the solo to verse transition at 3:58 was just horrible. If there were at least a second pause that would have been fine. The solo to piano transition at the end was well-done though, I must say.

Overall, The farthest was just OK. I do not hear any of this "Versailles-ness" that I've read in this review. It sounds like Surveillance - Jagganath DELUHI through and through and more so that Leda had two OK demo songs in mind and mashed them together to create The farthest (which if he did, he did a damn good job of).

I'll leave it with a 6/10. Good premise, not so good execution.

Well now that you say it...I think it's Facebook. I tried doing a quick search but I couldn't find anything though.

@SUBLIMINAL: I recognize you from somewhere. I just can't put my thumb on it. I remember that piercing fondly though.

Picture is in my Facebook sig. I'm too lazy to post it here and I REALLY need a new picture. I've had it for almost a year.

Well Rito said he's going into the studio today so perhaps they are working on new stuff.

Nice to see you could make it

I third Audacity + sound card as primary sound output. You really can't go wrong with that.

Well I don't think they're disbanding. I'm just wondering if they're going to 9GBO.

Rito updated his blog today. With my limited Japanese I think he said something about working on some new songs. I THINK.

There is no telling how long this band will last, so the more releases the better.

That I understand, but this band would definitely last longer if KISAKI were still alive to compose music for them. I don't know the exact details of his earlier trip to the hospital but I can probably say he was overworked. I like Lin a lot and as much as I want new releases, I want a living bassist too.

Although I do understand that Kisaki needs to get this band off the ground quick.