freesia

1. UNDYING -
This song didn't really give me a deep impression until reading the lyrics which Ruki wrote.
At first listen, it sounded like the GazettE were trying hard to be heavy and dark but in a good way. Then I had the impression they were trying to put lots of dark and anger elements in one song - the screams, melodic choruses, piano breakdown which gave the song an eerie sadness feeling.
At first line of the lyrics, I realized that this song is a sequel to OMINOUS from their album DOGMA. What Ruki wrote was really heavy, deep, angry, and dark. The line which gave me the most impact was "許されぬ願いに夢を見た", which I can only roughly translate as "Saw my impermissible wish in a dream", because I often dreamt of dreams that I wasn't able to accomplish myself.
 
2. MALUM -
The meaning of this song matches quite well with the music. It's full of anger and hate because the first person character in the lyrics wanted revenge to someone who killed a girl (probably lover) close to him (or maybe her). However, despite of all the hate, Ruki wrote well in the last lines, saying that killing someone back was just emptiness no matter where you went and the reason to live also became was to revenge. This actually reminds me of the morality topic which was raised by several authors in Japan these years, which was about if imprisonment and death penalty was really enough for paying back the death of victims of murderers. (off-topic: Japanese author 東野圭吾 (Higashino Keigo)'s book "虚ろな十字架(Uturonajuuzika)" nailed the topic's contradiction well in his book.)
 
3. VACANT -
This song, as with the lyrics, is less heavy than the other songs in the single. I interpreted that the lyrics of the song was about the emptiness left from a broken relationship. The melody and Ruki's voice flows well throughout the whole song, and the guitar solo gave a sad atmosphere....but that's it. I guess it's a safe song to put into the single as B side.
 
 
Overall:
It's actually been some time since I really tried to delve into Ruki's lyrics and I'm glad I did. It just added lots of meaning and fun while listening to the music.
But then, I'm personally getting a bit tired of their dark music campaign which has gone to a bit elitist feel and  I really miss the old, fun Gazetto times.
Music and lyrics-wise, the is a decent single.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

Thought I should share this review which I wrote of Yuragi's album from 2018. I also shared the album in the download section if you haven't listened to this yet. Highly recommended!
 

If most of us here like Japanese culture, I wonder what country's porn they prefer?
For those who prefer both Asian and American porn, what differences do you see?
I'm curious.

This shoegaze/indie rock band is so obscure and underrated!
 

I just want to say
Because my mother's first language is Chinese, she gets her news from the Canadian Chinese TV channel and free Chinese newspapers distributed at Chinese grocery stores (Toronto suburbs). She is convinced that the American and British governments are paying all of the protesters. Also, because the footage shown on TV are the most extremely violent/disruptive acts perpetrated by protesters, she thinks they should all be arrested/imprisoned and would not be upset if the military rolled in and killed them all.
 
I have to listen to her rant about this shit every day (because it is shown on TV every day). Attempts to set her straight are useless and only lead to more ranting.
 
Propaganda is certainly.. a thing.. even here in Canada. I'm sure nobody is regulating those "news"papers.
 
By the way, I also told her about how ridiculous it is that Xi Jinping banned Winnie the Pooh, and her response was "It should be banned! It is very insult! How would you like it if people compared you to a fat bear!" 🙄 Also, the sickening details about the treatment of Chinese Muslims is "fake news".
 

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

The situation in Hong Kong is a dreadful one. I wish that there was a peaceful way to resolve the situation, but as long as countries and leaders subscribe to the doctrine of might makes right, we will continue to have these same problems take new form. 

However, I do not want the pressing immediacy of the topic to supercede the rules we've established. In case you need a refresher these are the two rules.

 

The administration will be monitoring this topic very closely and will close it if it reaches a point where we feel uncomfortable.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

If most of us here like Japanese culture, I wonder what country's porn they prefer?
For those who prefer both Asian and American porn, what differences do you see?
I'm curious.

I think there are still people who don't know about what's going on in Hong Kong. What's going on is not just happening in Hong Kong, but all over the world. Hong Kong is facing China's suppress on stripping off of our freedom and democracy, from little by little to finally revealing its fangs. This is happening to all the places where China's money is involved. The most noticable are China's control on the limitation of creation like Hollywood movies, games, literature, etc.. If we don't fight for it now, we don't want to imagine how it's like to have China fully controlling our city. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is already throwing out bibles from China's churches and replacing them with the book he wrote himself.
 
Please take a look at this newspage to see what's happening in Hong Kong:
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/asia/hong-kong-protests-intl-hnk
 
Please stand with Hong Kong. Even only your words matter and we are more than grateful for them.

Coldrain came to my city before all of the mess the city got into. Show got postponed but I'm still glad they kept their promise to come!
 
 

Some parts of that demo remind me of MUSIC era girugamesh

No matter if they're autographs, picks, drum sticks, water bottles, or who knows what on earth that bandman throws, you know all that excitement to get to own that reward, so show them off here!
 
Here are autographs from coldrain and Nocturnal Bloodlust, cheki taken with NCBL, and Masa's pick!

No matter if they're autographs, picks, drum sticks, water bottles, or who knows what on earth that bandman throws, you know all that excitement to get to own that reward, so show them off here!
 
Here are autographs from coldrain and Nocturnal Bloodlust, cheki taken with NCBL, and Masa's pick!

Anoice's new album "Ghost in the Clocks" is so good!
 

shalom, shalom  
 

 
 

I'm a fan of all of their stuff from 2009-2015, but after that point, with AVANT-GARDE and since I just can't. It all sounds the same to me now, especially when I listen to their stuff sequentially.