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The announcement was that they are launching a crowdfunding campaign though this website: https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/349577 It will be used to fund a new music video and new costumes. Cheapest option is ¥3,000 (advance viewing of the video + 3 autographed chekis), the most expensive one is ¥200,000 (advance viewing of the video + 3 autographed chekis + limited-edition rubber wristband + limited-edition scrunchie + ticket for a 2-shot photo + 30-second solo shot from the MV of your favorite member and a chance to have your name in the credits + MV offshot footage + chance to visit the rehearsal of the band)

I'd be content with the humble practice of "single announcement" (they already have an MV out for a song yet to be released anyway). We shall see...

Heads-up, the band's going to make some sort of announcement tomorrow at 6 PM (so like uhhh 17 hours from now).

Mr. Ellis, is that you?

It miiiight be this live or at least from around this 2017 period? (I'm only going off of J's hair, he usually doesn't do long dirty-blonde, haha)

I've found MUCC has been getting progressively worse and worse for the past decade, but still it will be weird/sad to think of them without SATOchi... He always seemed like a fun/cool dude too. Hoping he'll find happiness in whatever the future has in store for him (I'm not realistically hoping anything for MUCC, they're beyond help by now).

MUCC has just announced that drummer SATOchi will be leaving the band and retiring from musical activities in spring 2021. The exact date of his departure is as-of-yet unknown. Based on his comment, he told the rest of the band about this back in May. He also says that there were lots of good/bad times but he regrets nothing. SATOchi's as well as the other members' comments can be read in Japanese HERE. edit: Sorry, I just saw someone else made a thread just before mine, please delete this one.

Those new designer tea sets won't pay for themselves!

(I assume) COVID really put a curse on this project, huh... Well, looking forward to whenever that "2020 winter" album will be released anyway.

Yeah, I tried seeing some kind of meaning into it, but it's just the usual esoteric fluff saying nothing in particular then, lol. Oh well as long as their songs remain cool, they'll be cool to me.

Love the new pics with all the flames. Hopefully whatever they release next will be equally 🔥

Their new photo is pretty lit (literally)! Also they wrote about their "new band concept" but I'm not too well-versed in Jp to translate it:

Hey there, welcome~

Interesting! Curious to hear how this will sound...

Oh so that's why they released that new look. Awesome! Too bad it's only 2 new songs but I'll take what I can get. Here's a sample of the title track: It sounds super familiar, but looks like they haven't released it before (?). I probably heard it on one of their livestreamed gigs.

Those prices... :'))) Samples are up on Youtube btw, soundin' good so far.

My boyz already comin' through with the ~song title aesthetics~

FOXPILL CULT has announced that they will temporarily suspend their activities as their frontman Takaaki Nishimura fractured part of his knee at a recent live (while they were performing a ballad apparently... just mentioning this cuz it was kinda amusing to me, lmao). Their last live before the hiatus will be held on 2020/11/25 at 下北沢SHELTER. Just to have something positive too, along with this news they published a new music video too: Keeping my fingers crossed Takaaki will take his time to heal so that they can return in the near future~ The full statement from the band's homepage:

I guess it goes without saying, but now that the good news of Sick² resuming activities is out, their time-limited alterego project 感染² (Kansen²) has announced that they will hold their last live on 2020/12/31 at 池袋BlackHole, terminating their activities afterwards so that the members can go back to being Sick² again.

Yeah, let's hope the title means some more good news / surge in activity (maybe a new member or new release announcement too? ). edit: Maybe we'll finally get an official release with this track on it.... soon, I hope.

Good for him for getting some sort of compensation for the troubles he had to endure.

Looking forward... hoping the album will be at least sick³

I'm actually not too impressed by it. I've only listened to it once tho, so that might change... it checks the usual Nathrakh boxes, but this time it doesn't grab me like their previous album (which felt like a nice kick in the balls...of my ears ).

Not what I expected from the band name and the members involved... not particularly into the music either, but that video is awesome!

cali≠gari will release a new CD titled "15予告版" (15 yokoku-ban) early next year. The oneman gig commemorating the release will be held on 2021/02/11 so there's a good chance that the CD comes out around that time (no further details are known yet). Judging from the title it's safe to assume that it will be a single preceding a future album. The band also announced a tour titled "Tour 15" that will last from 2021/03/06 till 2021/06/28. This makes me think that the potential album that will follow the "15予告版" CD might be released around that timeframe, but the guys haven't talked of an album yet, so we shall see...