CAT5

Do you prefer male or female vocals in Japanese music? To submit a poll for the MH POLL OF THE WEEK, P.M. @CAT5 with your poll question, choices, and state whether it's multiple choice or not.

BOMI is great, but I feel like even if I understood Japanese enough, having an SE after every track is a bit excessive and doesn't lend itself to a cohesive album listening experience at all. The actual songs on the album are great, but marketing 6 tracks and 7 SEs as a full album is pretty cheap. I still feel positive about it, overall, but I can't help but think it was also a missed opportunity. "Borderline" is probably one of my all-time fav. jpop ballads! Who writes music for them/produces?

Well, doesn't look like there will be a theme today

I remember seeing this video on plug.dj, but after going to their last.fm page, I KNOW i have to check this out now. I had no idea this was a collaboration between Avec Avec and Seiho! Both are pretty dope iirc! My preferences as a whole tend to lie within the realm of alternative, non-mainstream/indie, and SSW-y jpop. I've especially been into Abe Fuyumi, Kotoringo, Babi, and BOMI these past few years. In the past, I was really into balladeers like Shibata Jun too. I've never been a fan of idol music in the least, though. I can dig some kayokyoku to a degree. What other recent jpop releases has everyone else been into? @beni showed me this woman today. Nakata is copy-pasting all the way to the bank.

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OMG! This is promising!

I am cool with an international theme today, but please try to discuss themes before the actual day XD

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This is the very first DIV album I've tried, and while i'm not sure how it stacks up to their previous LP, I can't say that I remember hearing anything necessarily dark here. But other than that, I do agree with you about the album being pretty same-y

I chose the 2nd option in the poll, as i'm still not ready to board the hype train with this band yet. This single was pretty good, but I feel like their songwriting is perhaps a bit too hook-y and pop-centric for my tastes. After watching their 'vocalo zanmai' DVD, it became clear to me that this band is comprised of fantastically talented and dynamic musicians, so I can't help but agree with @beni in that I'd like to hear them do something just a tad less formulaic. I know their first album was basically a cover album, so I'm still looking forward to what their original tunes might unveil. These 2 songs work great as anime themes, though...and I understand that they probably didn't want to get too self-indulgent here.

Sometimes, the journey is the destination. I often forget that.

Good news!

Aoki Robin (downy) & Kobayashi Yusuke (THE NOVEMBERS) Gomi Takahisa (LOSTAGE) and Aoki Robin (downy)

Starts shit on forum ----> gets feathers ruffled ----> cries "mods plz do something" We are not babysitters. If anything, we're closer to firemen.

iirc, panda or wb mentioned that they're more of a live band anyways? At any rate, i'm happy to see them releasing more records too!

Are there any liner notes around? Really curious to know who worked on which tracks!