colorful人生

Yo, this is a great album. The lead track, Sunrise, is REALLY fantastic, and the overall album is pretty consistent. The tracks explore a lot of different musical avenues, and their overall sound leans more elegant than cutesy. "You are not alone", "Truly Love", "겨울, 끝", and "A Starry  Sky" are my favorites aside from the lead track.

They really nailed, though. The distribution is really fair, and Sowon has a much larger presence in this release :D. Their previous "artsy" concepts were always a touch on the "cheesy" side, but I think they got it right this time.

Is this another one of those Brazilian memes, because I love it, lol.

Drummer's head w/ that handprint looks like that ball from "Cast Away".

(Yes, I do know the whole "hand over mouth" thing is supposed to symbolize censorship and/or suffocation. He just looks very "spherical", lol)

I wonder which bands the members are from 🤔.

La La Love is pretty good :D. I'll have to give the whole mini a good listen starting tomorrow. I miss China line tho ;_;. At least they're included in the song "Memories".

GFRIEND has me hypppped. I actually like this concept more than "Time for the moon night", which I thought was "artsy" enough for them.

^ Well, that location just reminded me of this:

; _ ; I guess I'm on a GAKIDO binge the rest of the night.

I haven't combed over these thoroughly, but higher incidence of hearing loss might be attributed to ethnicity/genetics*. As for women, my understanding is that men are more prone to hearing loss**. It might seem like it happens more to female Japanese musicians (w/ how clumped these incidents are) , but I'm assuming the heightened coverage is just coincidental (implying that Japanese men might have as much, if not more hearing loss)***. Musicians, especially live performers, are more prone to hearing loss.****

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/03005369609076781

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22124888

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44568755_Hereditary_hearing_loss_and_deafness_genes_in_Japan

Also, there are a lot of things that can contribute to hearing loss and dizziness. Just throwing ideas around.

* I mean genetics obviously plays a role in hearing loss. I'm implying here that maybe Japanese or East Asians are more susceptible.

** https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9746707

     https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1808869415313483

Whether it be hearing loss or tinnitus, it's a bit more complicated than what I initially thought. I was thinking of the 60% v. 40% finding by the  CDC.

*** @nekkichi brings up a point I completely glossed over here:

8 hours ago, nekkichi said:

...it's the western culture of never disclosing actual issues and putting up a fake smile and a statement of gratitude for stans for supporting the 200+ date tours.

 

...doesn't really affect hearing, but every time you hear about sudden liver transplants and "mental maintenance breaks" that's the roundabout way to cover up an addiction.

Collectivist cultures like Japan's tend to misdiagnose or shove under the rug health problems in lieu of getting them actually treated. I think that further compounds the hearing loss diagnoses issue. What's likely is that the musicians probably have a fuck-ton of problems but don't get them treated so they don't become an "inconvenience". (This mentality generally exists w/ everyone but feels more severe given cultural norms)

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8 hours ago, nekkichi said:

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2018/musicians-hearing-loss.html

Eru out here looking like a member of the Golden Girls with that getup. What ever happened to this?

feelsbadman

Now, this is a LOT more to my liking :D. 

so does it become a "reveal" or an "unboxing"?

Seriously, dafuq is that photoshoot, tho. Points for creativity, I guess.

I'm like on my 40th listen of this. God, Yoshito needs a new band, like pronto. I'd give all the bucks I could scrounge.

Nice, I might have to pick up both of the best-of versions. I'll likely wait for a preview, though. 

Initially wasn't interested, but Wataru is theRogiwo on YT. He's a huge LILT and the Raid. fan (and roadie.) I've followed him for a couple years. 

What did he do to his hairrrrrrrr?! 

Mildly curious, but this doesn't seem promising imo.

Currently visiting relatives. Chinese spicy stir-fried pork, salt-and-pepper squid, peking duck, fried tofu, etc. for lunch. Dinner was turkey, steak, and a fuck-ton of Filipino food.

Stuffed out of my mind. Damn good, tho. 

I've been obsessed with this lately, lol. Prob. b/c I've just been playing Kirby games the past couple days.

Album is available on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes, etc.

*Listened to it in full. I'm gonna be honest and say, while it's not great, it's really no different than budget pop-electronic stuff. A resounding "meh".

Their aesthetic is still ass, tho. Roll back on the weird furry avant garde shit, might be more palatable.

1 hour ago, platy said:

Wait. Is this serious? Because I really can't tell. I wouldn't put it past them but also...??? Is it an official video? 

No, it's not. It's from @Deremie channel (?), but this thread is all shit/memeposts anyway.

Nice krafs tho.

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Also, it's on YT b/c they'll usually host Google Music tracks (part of YT Music initiative.) The full album is on Spotify.

Sounds really fun! My only gripe is the harsh vocals... Fine in short bursts, but sound like wheezing into a cup when extended.

A lot of vaporwave cassettes the past few months. Just copped ローマンRoman - P A L M S , ショッピングワールドjp & SAINT PEPSI - Winner's Circle, and Diskette Park - Stray.

As for vk, I just pre-ordered the "Complete Edition" of Shiina Mio/APPLIQUE's RELIC E.P. Now we just wait *_*.

YOOOOO- My boy Yuuji will be back in action, albeit briefly.