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Old 2019.04.22, 03:05 PM   #31
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Really loving the Atsushi Sakurai (huge fan here!) and Ringo collab news, but I'm definitely not excited about this album. Honestly, I think it'll be worse than Sunny.
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Old 2019.04.22, 07:00 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Vorpax View Post
Honestly, I think it'll be worse than Sunny.
Maybe. I'm suspending judgment til I hear the album in its full context. Based on the available tracks I think it could def be a more cohesive listen at least. Having 獣ゆく細道 come in after 鶏と蛇と豚 does it a ton of favors, and the new/old tracks seem more evenly distributed throughout.

And I am the only one who thinks the autotune is actually an interesting effect on 鶏と蛇と豚? Then again I don't find autotune as distasteful as others here (to each his own!)
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Old 2019.04.22, 07:55 PM   #33
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The autotune didn't bother me either so you're not alone. I actually enjoyed the instrumentation a lot. It felt very "Hatsukoi Shoujo" meets "Superficial Gossip" in a good way. The Buddhist chanting was also a nice touch.

As far as the new album goes, I really wish we'd get an album full of all new material too. I think we all want that. Maybe Ringo read all the comments EMFers made about her albums post-Adult and she was like "yeah, fuck that"
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I find the instrumentation to mainly sound like the opening track from Daihakken
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Old 2019.04.23, 05:44 AM   #35
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Just listened to new single, yeah, nice instrumentation but the autotune is totally unnecessary.... And I'm not even an autotune hater, I think it has it's uses...
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Old 2019.04.23, 11:21 PM   #36
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I actually liked the single
I didn't loved it, of course, it's very nu-Ringo as most of her songs after 2005 are
but I wouldn't skip it if it came randomly in a playlist
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Old 2019.04.24, 03:21 PM   #37
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I had to re-listen to it, since I heard it at 4 am and couldn't turn up the volume. The monk chants give me faint illusions to KZK, because they are some what haunting. I don't mind the auto-tune but it could have been a lot less abrasive and given off the impression (if any) that was intended.


I thought the lyrics were in English and they are. They feel strange. I saw them posted on the YouTube upload and thought "is that a translation?" nope lol.

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Originally Posted by thespidereggs View Post
  • There's still hope the cover will be better than SUNNY's gaudy copy-paste collage style.

Man, do I have some bad news for you...
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Old 2019.04.30, 07:12 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by chestnutflowers View Post
Man, do I have some bad news for you...
Lmao. I love it. It's definitely a statement

To be fair the limited edition cover is cropped slightly better:

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Can't even make a joke about it for the joke of the cover itself is too strong.
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