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new band "Smileberry" will hold their first live at Shinjuku ReNY at 2015/09/10, and their new one-coin single "Smiley" will be released at 2015/09/09 (1 song, 540yen)
 
"Smileberry" members:
Vo.Motoki (ex-ヴェル(vell)-->LUCHe.(斗真/tohma))
Gt.パル(paru) (ex-Vanish-->Varbarossa-->LUCHe.(望弥/nozomi))
Gt.律(ritsu) (ex-Rose valley-->ユキライン(yukilein)(support)-->レプリカ(REPLICA)-->Cherry(support)-->GEARE(support), Anride(support)-->LucaRia)
Ba.由奈(yuna) (ex-TiRaRa-->ZEAK-->LUCHe.(ゆたか/yutaka))
Dr.チャーリー(charlie) (ex-EVE(support)-->SEEK OF LIBERTY-->トモダチ(tomodachi)(support)-->LUCHe.)
 
 
btw they will hold their one-man live "泣き虫退治。(nakimushi taiji)" at TSUTAYA O-West at 2016/03/25
 

 

 
http://www.smileberry.jp/

Hello guys, since some old members are doing their introductions now, I guess I'll do mine as well, even after being around for so long!
 
26yo, brazilian from Rio de Janeiro. Regarding jmusic, some of my favorite disbanded bands are:

bis (which someday I'll make a tattoo of that heart thingy on their logo)
xTRiPx
nil delete heads
Ellegarden
Pay money to my Pain
chemical pictures
DELUHI
EAT YOU ALIVE
 
And that are still around:

baroque
Develop One's Faculties (my hope on VK)
WING WORKS
Megamasso
Plastic Tree
MUCC
DIV
 
I've been around since I don't know when, started listening to japanese bands around 2002~2003, Tonberry torrents was the first place that blew me away with their content, as far as I remember, then to several phases of TW/MH. MH is the only place where I actually feel confortable to interact with people, the fanbase in other places is generally too obnoxious/childish/weird (totally not trying to be superior in any way, anyone who listens to VK has its fair share of weirdness, let's be honest).
 
But here we can actually talk about music without people losing their shit everytime someone disagrees with them.
 
So, keep being this fucking great community, keep rocking MH! And keep providing us obscure japanese music that even japanese people themselves do not care about!

after i ran out of shelf space i began dumping some of my CDs under my bed.
now that was a terrible idea. i ended up with this mess that will take me at least a few days to sort thru D: (last few rows are in some vague alphabetical order but after that i just gave up lol)

new look

went to work as the PT in an sports tournament in another city and this is the messy and sweaty result after working for 9h straight on the first day
 
 
wish I were as pretty as Sakura Seven tbh

Happy birthday @Jigsaw9!!

they will hold elite U's-limited one-man live "君たちも明日はない(kimitachi mo ashita wa nai)" tour ura-final at Shinjuku BLAZE at 2015/09/12
 

ena(ex-xTRiPx) will hold his session event "公開!!0721セッション祭" at Higashikouenji 20000V at 2015/07/21
 
[live participating artists]
ena (ex-xTRiPx)
K (ex-xTRiPx)
ウルトラZ(ultra Z) (R指定(R-shitei))
幸樹(kouki) (ダウト(D=OUT))
七星(nanahoshi) (R指定(R-shitei))
正人(masato) (ベル(belle))
夢人(yumehito) (ベル(belle))
Yo-shiT (ex-xTRiPx)
陽佑(yousuke) (ALSDEAD)
玲夏(reika) (ダウト(D=OUT))

look at these nerds

Is it the same Baroque that many fans have came to love?
 
Not exactly, it`s a turn in another direction, it isn`t the same line-up, it isn`t the same sound, and it would not fit in with their early discography.
 
Okay, they changed, but will I still be able to enjoy it; are they still `good`?
 
They have definitely dialed in and delivered what they were going for, but let`s be honest, there may be little or no correlation between their early work and this. The interest will not rely on being a long-time fan so much as it will rely on you simply also being able to enjoy their new sound. From a technical standpoint, the vocals and guitar are at a higher level than their early work, though again, the style is different.
 
So what`s the new sound?
 
It`s atmospheric, it`s wide, it`s meditative at times, `uplifting` at other times, and tightly tied together. The guitar and vocals are the center-piece, and they really play well together, like brothers. At first the other instruments may seem just like a backing band, but everything they do eventually began to hold more value for me. If you wanted to compare them to someone, you could loosely compare some of their sounds to bands such as U2, and certain tracks by The Who, amongst others who stemmed from that, but with their own, more modern, take on those sounds. The production is also very nice, the sound is spread out, every detail is nailed down, and it is a pleasure to listen to how each instrument is covered.
 
So do they come off as a copy of other, already established sounds? 
 
That`s going to come down to your own opinion, but I definitely feel as if they have done enough to establish themselves as having their own complete spin on these sounds. But I think, obviously, some people will not be getting enough of what they call Baroque on this album.
 
Okay, okay, it sounds pretty mellow, can I still rock to it?
 
It isn`t as rocking as other things they have done, though, while I definitely gravitate to a more intense rock sound, this album can hold my attention. The first tracks come off with lighter guitar, but I eventually get a refreshed feeling as SWALLOW THE NIGHT hits a harder guitar part, and the album picks up a little more. There`s also a nice solo in the final track, MEMENTO.
 
So are these the stand-out tracks?
 
Yes, SWALLOW THE NIGHT, MEMENTO, and PLANETARY LIGHT are my personal favorites.
 
Alright, so please sum up your thoughts on the album as a whole.
 
It`s very well done, the vocal effects are not overdone, though some may have preferred a clean feel. They play amazingly together, they have refined a new sound in a very short amount of time, and the album contains a great amount of variety, while staying unified, and giving off a tight, concept-album feel.
 
However, it is bound to have a hit-and-or-miss reaction with many fans, new as well as old. The band has changed a lot, and not everyone is going to like the sound. I personally, as a long-time fan, also enjoy this sound, and can go back to their older tracks whenever I want to revisit those days. This is not my usual style of music, however I grew to like it, and appreciate each track more with each listen.
 
It`s an atmospheric album that isn`t limited to certain moods or listening hours for me, and retains strong guitar elements that enable me to really keep listening over and over again.
 
Track Count: 9 
Listens: 20
Production Quality: 
Overall Rating: 
 
Worth the Purchase?
 
It`s not going to be something instantly worth buying for all Baroque fans. The best thing to do is to listen to the preview, and see if you enjoy what you hear from it, and know that the songs themselves offer more than just what the preview holds. Personally, the preview didn`t do justice to the album for me.
 
If you enjoy the sound, or feel like you could get into it, I definitely recommend it.
 
 
 
 
 

Why did he have to use autotune ;__;

Why did he have to use autotune ;__;

Why did he have to use autotune ;__;

Love the PV and love the samples. Unlike most people i don't care much for their 'heavier' songs, and i'm glad they are going back to the kind of sound in their first few singles that won many of their (early) fans over. Also nice to see them recovering so well from kazuki's departure.

The gig in Essen, Germany, yesterday was easily the best live that I have ever been to -and I am not just counting j-rock concerts. The crowd was amazing: we had a massive circle and mosh pit. Everyone, including the band, loved it.
When they came back for the encore Miya promised that they are going to put the footage of this live on their next DVD. A staff member also interviewed people after the concert with a video camera - I am assuming that is also for a potential DVD extra footage?
At this point I would also like to remark that I once had a discussion about pits at jrock concerts with some girls on Facebook and they said that the bands (she specifically mentioned Mucc) do not like them: Tatsuro asked for the circle pit ("are you ready to circle mosh?!?")- not that he had to- so there you go random fb girl: I was right.
Yukke was super happy that there were so many "guys" (I think he meant "males" instead of "people") and then said "I wanna marry you" ... That might have been his outing guys! Haha.
Ehhh.. What else...

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THEY PLAYED DAIKIRAI!#!!!!!
I never would have thought that I would see this song live <<<333 ugh
They played it as one of 4 songs during the encore Uhhh... Guys, daikirai!!!! - I've seen them for the first time in 2007 and even then it was so unrealistic to hear daikirai live because it is so old. But yesterday they did play it ughhh <3

Btw their new song DFD starts out heavy-ish with guitar riffs but then has melodic parts and electronicy parts as well, but it always comes back to the heavier bit. It sounds really good!

I'm hyped

Meow!

Me and my little cousin
 

I'm hyped

I'm hyped

I'm hyped

spot the paw-prints on my dusty mirror
Hyura, you are painfully cute. XD
I had some extra time in my works photostudio, so I played around for a couple of minutes

none of this matters guys we're all dying slowly and the world is an inescapable nightmare hell

Anything's better than "NO ESCAPE" Yohio,