sukekiyo

[platy 3018]

I've been listening to Adoratio on repeat after the new album came out. So here's a personal ranking of sukekiyo's stuff 

 

Adoratio

Vitium

Immortallis 

Infinitum

[Egnirys cimredopyh 54]

You guys should stop comparing it to adoratio... maybe then you will enjoy it more lol

[Tokage 5930]

let's go back to comparing all of sukekiyo's stuff to dir en grey instead

[VESSMIER 873]

After a couple listens, I have to say that I quite enjoy INFINITUM. It's not the album I was wishing for but it's interesting and engaging and in the end, that's more valuable.

 

I guess the real challenge with every new sukekiyo album is letting go of your preconceptions of what they "should" sound like. My personal concept of their sound is primarily influenced by songs like elisabeth addict, in all weathers, focus, 12時20分金輪際, foster mother etc... this blend of something delicate and intimate with something strange and feral, this almost operatic sense and scope of drama and the patience in balancing the subtleties and intricacies of silence and melody with excessive temperament and chaos. ADORATIO went a slightly different route and partly exchanged a wider arc of cohesion and emotional immersion for structural liberty and immediacy. INFINITUM feels similar in that way but it's even more direct and "short of breath"... which is fine but it just doesn't make me feel as involved.

Edited June 13, 2019 by VESSMIER

[geist 227]

There’s about 3-4 songs on this album that are exceptional, the rest are pretty boring or downright terrible. 

[platy 3018]

It's almost impossible not to compare a band's portfolio though. I'm used to always expecting something new with sukekiyo, even without comparing the new album to Adoratio or anything else, infinitum is still my least favourite. 💁🏻‍♀️ It's very much a sukekiyo release, meaning there's tons of experimentation but still, underwhelming. 

[EzraEroguro 174]

I feel like I'm the only person on this board who likes this better than ADORATIO. IMMORTALIS/vitium are always going to be my favorites...where as ADORATIO only has a couple of bonafide songs i consistently go back to. 

[Kabukichoatmidnight 269]

On 6/13/2019 at 6:20 PM, EzraEroguro said:

I feel like I'm the only person on this board who likes this better than ADORATIO. IMMORTALIS/vitium are always going to be my favorites...where as ADORATIO only has a couple of bonafide songs i consistently go back to. 

Oh wow, haha. Thought I was the only person who liked Immortalis and Vitium better than Adoratio. 😛 Not that Adoratio is bad but it's had far less repeat plays than the other two.

[cheesy_VK_Freak 76]

No, for me it is the same:

Vitium >>>>>>>> Immortalis (though I HATE the mix, discovered the genius of this album through the live performances) >>> Adoratio > Infinitum

 

I was even disappointed hearing Adoratio first, because of the style change with the electronics and synths. But simple as it is, this is very well-‚crafted‘ music, and you cannot do else but like it.

They are becoming too eccentric-tryhard for me

 

[EzraEroguro 174]

I have to rescind my statement. ADORATIO is better live. Mania no Shikan was amazing.

[VESSMIER 873]

On 6/18/2019 at 1:49 AM, EzraEroguro said:

I have to rescind my statement. ADORATIO is better live. Mania no Shikan was amazing.

Yes! I actually can’t think of a single track where I prefer the studio version over the live one 🤔

[Seimeisen 4406]

I feel like I haven’t listened to INFINITUM enough to really judge it. This time two years ago, I was listening to ADORATIO on repeat all the time. 

 

This time around, I’ve only listened to INFINITUM twice, and I only remember three songs: the second track (because of all the dumb cat yowl noises kyo makes), kisses, and ただ、まだ、私 (because it kind of sounds like 赫). Maybe with more listens I’ll grow to appreciate the album more, but right now, nothing’s making me want to put it on repeat.

[EzraEroguro 174]

2 minutes ago, Seimeisen said:

I feel like I haven’t listened to INFINITUM enough to really judge it. This time two years ago, I was listening to ADORATIO on repeat all the time. 

 

This time around, I’ve only listened to INFINITUM twice, and I only remember three songs: the second track (because of all the dumb cat yowl noises kyo makes), kisses, and ただ、まだ、私 (because it kind of sounds like 赫). Maybe with more listens I’ll grow to appreciate the album more, but right now, nothing’s making me want to put it on repeat.

Two words:

 

Guzou Moratorium.

[platy 3018]

I've been listening to infinitum more and more. It sure took a while to digest it, but it it's not going up any higher on my list just yet. 

[cheesy_VK_Freak 76]

infinitum kind of makes me impatient for their next record. Like, is it going to be ‚worse‘ or better?

In addition, I want to see them live. So.bad. 

I still think it was the most unexpected thing ever when they toured around Europe, having just released one album and being relatively unknown (of course, Kyo being fame as whatnot)

 

[platy 3018]

It still puzzles me that I got to see them live before I even enjoyed their music properly. How did they pull that off? I hope more than anything that they'll tour Europe again when they released another album (probably in two years 😭) 

[Egnirys cimredopyh 54]

They covered luna sea’s shade... i am very curious what it sounds like :v hope they will have a studio recording of it 

[Kyo_Toriko 537]

Sukekiyo had an Instagram Live stream for one song taken from their Hong Kong Live about 2 hours ago.

You can still watch it if you do use Instagram! Don't miss it!

Kyo-sama is still so hot! 😍

[Tokage 5930]

What's with all the film references in INFINITUM's lyrics? I've seen some of the English lyrics being posted and there's references to Santa Sangre (I'm presuming it refers to the Jodorowsky film), Female Prisoner Scorpion, Creepshow, The Toxic Avenger... At least it looks like Kyo has a good taste in movies lol

[cheesy_VK_Freak 76]

I stopped paying attention to the lyrics, since roundabout they keep on describing the complexes of a whiny woman, afraid to be left alone.

 

edit: and sexual excesses, to be fair.

 

 

Edited July 14, 2019 by cheesy_VK_Freak

[blacktooth 227]

Kyo's a big movie nerd, simple as.

[dannemannen 69]

No comments on the waizatsu pv?LMAO

[Kabukichoatmidnight 269]

Album is ok with me, I didn't hate it but like many of you guys, doesn't seem to be getting picked up for repeats too often.

[Seelentau 884]

Not sure if this is common knowledge, but while adding sukekiyo lyrics to the wiki, I noticed that Guuzou Moratorium has reversed lyrics.

So naturally I reversed the entire track to see what it sounds like. The reversed stuff starts at 2:50:

 

 

 

[Saishu 1589]

I think the lyrics are written in a mirrored font in the album booklet.