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did you make the five star rating text just for me!!!
 
anyway to drop the stan mask for a second my favorites are EROS, ALLERGIE, IN THIS ERA, ULTIMA, IDOL & ZINNIA.
IN THIS ERA has been on repeat for a few hours, it's very melancholy but pleasant to me.
tbh one problem i have was that ALLERGIE completely mopped the floor with any other heavy songs on the album. like i'm sure MACHINE is very fun live, but when listening to this as an album experience, there's not really any coming back after ALLERGIE. also i understand the vibe they were trying to achieve with EUREKA but i feel like PHOENIX already did it better...
 
 
also shameless plug but i translated the lyrics.

リリース： 2020年3月18日
レーベル： キングレコード
 
▼収録曲
1. ULTIMA
  2. XERO
  3. BARRIER
  4. EROS
  5. ALLERGIE
  6. IDOL
  7. ZINNIA
  8. IN THIS ERA
  9. RUDENESS
  10. MACHINE
  11. ASTER
  12. EUREKA
 
 
 
 
What do you all think of the album?

Share your thoughts on the album here, please, ladies and gentlemen~
 
 

MAKE IT POP
I haven't seen any kind of general pop thread in the global music sub-forum and that just will not do! 2020 is shaping up to be an amazing year for pop music and there must be a thread to discuss everything pop-related! I'm going start by sharing some upcoming releases I'm looking forward to and then sharing some artists I've enjoyed since last year.
 
Upcoming Releases
Rina Sawayama

Sawayama (04.17.2020)
-Rina's been making some waves in the indie pop scene. She seemingly just came out of nowhere but managed to make an impression on people with her self-released EP "Rina"  with hits like "Cyber Stockholm Syndrome" and "Ordinary Superstar". Her sound is very reminiscent of 90's pop/r&b but she finds ways to make it sound fresh and interesting. She's got a new album coming out in April of this year titled "Sawayama".
 
Samples
 
 
Purity Ring

Womb (04.03.2020)
-Purity Ring is a Canadian electronic pop duo drawing from sub-genres like glitch-pop and synth-pop. While they can sound bright and poppy, their sound is more strongly defined by dark and ominous undertones both lyrically and musically. They're probably most known for their tracks "Fineshrine" and "Obedear". They'll be releasing a new album titled "Womb" in the beginning of April and it's sounding like it'll be a more lighter listen.
 
Samples
 
 
Recent Favorites
Grimes

Miss Anthropocene (02.21.2020)
-I'm sure Grimes doesn't need an introduction. She's known for her unique sound of ethereal and pop music and made hits such as "Genesis" and "Kill V. Maim". Her album "Miss Anthropocene" came out earlier last month and, honestly, it's been one of my favorite releases in 2020 so far. Certainly not the most amazing album and, arguably a bit half baked, but there are some solid tracks on the album and I've been revisiting it often.
 
Samples
 
 
Charli XCX

Charli (09.13.2019)
-Charli XCX went to the top of my favorite artists in 2019 when I listened to her latest album "Charli". Her sound was so different than a lot of other pop artists I had heard. While she certainly has songs with tons of pop appeal featuring bright dance-y music and catchy lyrics, she also brings with that a blend of future pop and experimental sounds. The production on her latest record is absolutely amazing and I was hooked from the first track onward. Although I'm a fan of her latest sound, she's probably most known for songs like "Boys" and "Vroom Vroom" (which, I absolutely love both).
 
Samples
 
 
Sophie

Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (06.15.2018)
-If Charli XCX's recent output is futuristic, then Sophie's music is so far ahead in the pop genre that by the time it's considered a classic the human race will have evolved into a higher physical state (fun fact, Sophie actually produced Charli XCX's EP "Vroom Vroom". ). All jokes aside, this album is quite simply something else. It has a few more traditional poppy moments but the other 90% hits you with leftfield experimental sounds intermixed with soundscapes and industrial bass music. The production on this record is so good though and there were so many times I kept asking, "what the hell was that sound? How did she do that?".  It's certainly not for everyone, but for those looking for a more expanded take on pop music, so much as to the point of almost being unrecognizable, I highly encourage you to take a jump.
 
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Someone needs to tell Let's, "Let's not".

Definitely interested!

Someone needs to tell Let's, "Let's not".

This comment still stands
 
Mind you, I like macaroni, but SHEESH!!!! This one is fresh off the lynch. assembly line...

Someone needs to tell Let's, "Let's not".

this is the most exhausting and yet entertaining occurrence of someone dragging one's corpse around like. just call it fam, the band is dead. no image reparation effort is gonna fix this whether they return to vk or keep being delusional about being a niche indie/math-rock name for half a dozen p4k-heads.

Add downy to the list. Looks like they're planning a broadcast in place of the live as well.
 
 

Well, it is what the title says. コロナウイルス is forcing people to stay home in Japan and the japs have a nice philosophy of spreading hope in times of despair, so they went there and performed anyway and are being nice and posting the gigs that got cancelled online for all to see, including us, poor gaijin. No live audience, no staff, etc.
 
These are the ones I've seen so far:
 
 
 
 
Let's make this collaborative so do share other links here if you know of any. I'll keep updating this list.
 
Previously unreleased lives uploaded for viewing due to the Corona situation are also to be freely shared in this thread - MH Staff
 
And bear in mind most of these gigs will be available for a limited time only, so hurry up and watch or download the ones you're interested in watching ASAP.

I'm.....just going to say that this:
easily was their peaking parabole on the way down and if they disbanded back than no one ever would have missed 400 new variations of MIRRORS
 
does anyone even remember what tiamat sounds like...

This comment still stands
 
Mind you, I like macaroni, but SHEESH!!!! This one is fresh off the lynch. assembly line...

Is Biden not kowai kawaii enough for you???
 

Ravioli ravioli give me the lyncharoni

ASEUL dropped a new album today titled "Slow Dance". 
 
 
The album is a bit hit and miss and I think she's still refining and perfecting her songwriting, but there are some really good tracks on here. She's really nailed that 80's pop / shoegaze-y / bedroom pop sound and I think she's one of the more unique artists in the k-indie scene right now. 
 
Listen
Bandcamp: https://aseulmusic.bandcamp.com/releases
Cassettes available (edition of 100 / *bonus track) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3UpUxciy04
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/785adWJo2uSCmUXhqQcGIa

-DOUBLE POST-
 
But as for my unsolicited opinion on politics; I simply say 'let the dead bury the dead.' Voting and partaking in this dog and pony show known as an election has never yielded any progressive or redemptive fruit for ADOS (American Descendants of Slavery), so why would it now? Ain't it called 'insanity' when you keep doing the same thing over and over and getting the same results?
 
This country ain't never been for us, and the salvation of our people does not lie in the hands of a buncha Capitol Hill hoes who don't know, and don't even care to know a single nigga where i'm from.

Love this song, but I'm surprised to see something this obscure with so many comments and views! I wonder why that's the case..