Where is the LOVE for Perfume?

I prefer the 'Spending' routine / video.

yep digging '1mm'. hope 'Spending all my time (Album-mix)' is the extended version from the recent live shows

And when I said I prefer 'Spending' I meant the original, not the new one, which I forgot and is a whole new level of awesomeness in itself. The original had its own superhuman charm in the perfectness of the sync hand movements.

i hope it's more "spring of life" than "spending all my time".

Yeah, "Spending All My Time" is one of the greatest singles of the 2000s, and the video is amazing/hypnotic/creepy/brilliant. New song above is great, too—this is one of my most anticipated albums of 2013.

"1mm" is good.

"1mm" is good.
--EZ Snappin

yeah, it is. I'm excited.

still think "spending all my time" was a weak attempt to try to break into non-JPN territories. kinda edm eurotrash garbage imo. gimmie the bouncy, blue-skied instead perfume instead plz.

Yep, seemed slight to me. Magic Of Love was a massive return to form.

Spending All My Time is my fave single of this period. Not remotely un-Perfume-y but still something kinda new and fun for them to try, adding some sounds they usually don't have in their arsenal without ever fully stepping into another genre. Spring of Life and Magic are both the definition of safe to me and not as good as their b-sides but being Perfume that still makes them very listenable indeed.

One of the new album tracks is over 7 minutes so it's all looking good, with the promise of a flashy video for 1mm as well.

Oh and one thing that's made the safer recent Perfume singles interesting as well is Nakata experimenting with close to no vocal effects at times.

"Magic of Love" is OK but yeah, a pretty safe bet; it kinda sounds like a rewrite of "Natural ni Koishite." I think "Mirai no Museum" is the weakest single they've released from the upcoming album.

yeah, I haven't been blown away by anything released since JPN really. largely competent and fun and listenable but pales a bit compared to the more adventurous stuff nakata's been doing with kyary.

still, i can't imagine i won't listen to this new one like crazy!

oh wait, I forgot about "hurly burly" - that one rules

Quite a few fans are pissed that Hurly Burly isn't on the tracklist.

I thought Kyary's latest album was pretty great and she has a few masterpieces under her belt. In general I think Nakata's work with Perfume's got an emotional core and melodical genius to it that gives it weight compared to Kyary's fun time tunage, even when playing it safe.

Everything is relative, I would give all Perfume albums 10/10 and no song less than 8/10*.. then you get a couple of 8 singles in a row and it can come off as doomsday. But all the vibes I'm getting from this album is that it might work very well as an album indeed, and actually be a bit on the experimental side outside of the singles. Putting album mixes of singles there is a great choice. (The members talked in a recent interview about a few 'light' Perfume singles having been released in a row, and they have actually been their lowest selling singles in a few years)

* well, maybe.. http://youtu.be/ZMy_2UaQb-c

This on the other hand is definitely a solid 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuPwFMTTYPo

those early tracks are hilarious.

In general I think Nakata's work with Perfume's got an emotional core and melodical genius to it that gives it weight compared to Kyary's fun time tunage, even when playing it safe.

yeah, I can see that. as much as I like kyary, she doesn't have a song with the emotional whallop of "electro world" or "polyrhythm" or "chocolate disco" or "dream fighter" or etc. etc. (not yet anyway)

and yeah, omitting "hurly burly" is a weird move for sure.

also, I don't really hate "mirai no museum" like everyone else seems to. it's... pretty likable, I think? def on the generic side but kinda gives off pleasant serani poji vibes that I can't really hate on.

and how does his work with Capsule compare? I feel like it kind of gets the short stick re: the recent albums (though honestly outside of Fruits Clipper I dunno if I've heard a Capsule album that's been good all the way through)

yeah, the capsule stuff is all really spotty but worth digging through for the gems in my experience. but I haven't heard it all.

sugarless girl is the best of what I've heard. love the title track and "starry sky". things get progressively more EDM-ey from that album on.

mirai no museum was done for a children's movie ne?

i listened to abt half of "stereo worxxxx" or whatever before turning it off due to shitty rapping

I only made it through Stereo Worxxx once, but I love the album before that, World of Fantasy. When I just want huge head-crushing sound, I put on the title track at ridiculous volume (this does not make my co-workers happy).

will get that one then — i love nakata in sensory-overload mode :)

I've found that my favorite Capsule album is probably L.D.K. which is the one that precedes Fruits Clipper, and is a more of a transitional album between their earlier stuff and the more EDM/Electro House influenced material.

Never liked that one much, though I do appreciate the Hosono ref in the title :)

the World of Fantasy video is a thing of wonder http://youtu.be/W4h8m74pyC8
there's a new Capsule album out the end of next month btw

That video is what sold me on them.

yea that video is awesome

Full video for 1mm http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Perfume---1mm/623c95ae935400520ba744d102d12f37

I'm bored of the days where my curiosity roams free
And trying to chase only one thing.
In fact, it's really hard, and I need to become serious.
"Rely on my feelings", is what I used to think.
Of course it's not a disaster...
It's just that reality always surpasses my imagination
And I fall just 1mm short.

*
This last train is bumpy...
But even so, I want to get far away.
Ahhh, a detour; Ahhh, it's like a dream
Even after many years it's still difficult and uncomfortable

Ahhh, it never ends. Enough, enough, it's not okay!
Why can't I ever get these feelings across like this?
Ahhh, I need to redo it; Ahhh, repeat it all over again
Gradually I get closer, since there's only one way to go
Ahhh, let's go back; Ahhh, come on!
*

If I try to drift away from that faraway place,
It might become interesting, fun, and enjoyable - but
When I go to other places, nothing changes.
Nothing happens if I run from the risks.
Of course it's not a disaster...
It's just that reality always surpasses my imagination
And I still fall just 1mm short.

*Repeat
(Transl. Xiratava)

This is the only version of "Spending All My Time" on (UK) Spotify:

http://open.spotify.com/track/3G6J53jZSTURPkZXC4u2o1

I like it!

hah, I've often wondered what the story is behind seemingly endless 'orgel sound j-pop' xylophone covers

Cash in on things that don't exist there otherwise (or that does) and some people might search for I assume.

Bought tickets to see Perfume for the third time this year.. but this time on a real big scale - the Osaka Dome as part of their JP dome tour.

Magic of Love (Album Mix)

Loving

yeah, that's great

Very nice.

album BANGS

It's euphoric, heavier, dancier than JPN. I almost made a thread for it in my ecstasy yesterday. Furikaeru to iru yo is classic Perfume mid-tempo. Party Maker is guaranteed insane in their dome shows. The album mixes freshen things up so much.

liking this but I'm actually a little cold on the bangers. but not ruling them growing on me out yet.

very into the more restrained ones like "furikaeru..." and "dream land." "sleeping beauty" is pleasantly reminding me of orbital, so that's great too.

First thing I did was compare the single versions of songs to the album mixes - I actually think the single versions (especially "Spending All My Time") are superior in every case. I also wish the album included "I'm Not Okay." But I'm gonna be giving it a serious listen on the train home tonight and am very excited.

i prefer the album mixes at this point; think the single mix of "magic of love" really gets in the way of the lightness of that melody

XP "I'm Not Okay" is included though.

OK, on first front-to-back listen, this might be my Album of the Year. The only thing I really don't like is the album mix of "Spending All My Time," which lacks the hypnotic looping quality of the original. But so much of it is incredibly hard dancefloor stomping stuff, much more like Capsule than JPN. Love this record.

yeah, this one really does blur the lines between what nakata's doing for perfume and capsule. I'm just not so sure that's a good thing.

this album is indeed incredible

I don't know if heavy=Capsule. Fan favorite album GAME was heavier, "edge" is Perfume's live centerpiece. I think Perfume have preserved all their personality here. Some of that is about the songs' emotional core exclusive to Perfume I talked about above.

Also:

“[We and Nakata] had a dinner where we discussed about the album. All of what we discussed there was fulfilled. We requested like ‘we’d like a track that can match the dome concert where we can build large sets’ or ‘can we have a song in which we can make various directions, rather than just dancing?’ and so on. All of the new songs on this album are very suited with our requests. Some sound soft, some sound majestic.”

I'm gonna try to have an in-depth review posted by Friday. I'll link it here. Where's that quote from?

http://fuckyeahystk.tumblr.com/post/62687400985

yeah, this one is growing on me big time. it isn't really as monolithic as I initially found it... just maybe a little more monolithic than usual. this is still highly melodic, and yeah, still very much a perfume album. I'd say it's prob on par with JPN but not quite up to GAME standards.

still think this could use "hurly burly"!

I always like about one or two songs on any Capsule record, especially the ones that border more on being songs than relentless loops and builds, but even then it's tough to make it through more than two of them in a row. With club music there's that thin line between gratifying and generic and a lot of this new Perfume is walking it for me. But yeah it's the kind of line where I'm fascinatedly listening the most to the tracks that I really have deep problems with.

As promised, a link to my review. Apologies for cheesy headline.

i did wonder if it was a.i. slop... i do think it looks kinda cool tho sry

i’m a complete best man myself. that ship has sailed but still psyched for the new one obv.

cover sux tho

It does, but the chances of a group with such ironclad image management using AI in a country packed with extraordinary illustrators seems … low.

i still haven’t heard the new one but i wanna restate how much i love future pop… whatever we lost when nakata devoted himself to stock edm sounds he was still great in arranging them in an unusual (and on this record in particular, undeniably melancholy) way, e.g. the drop on “if you wanna” is soooooo funky

insane perfume pox that was impossible to put together:

spice
kasuka na kaori
dream fighter
edge
i still love u
saisei
clockwork
plastic smile
let me know
drive’n the rain

new one plays like a slightly lesser plasma but it's still nice to feel like nakata hasn't run out of ideas. "starlight dreams" pretty amazing, lives up to its title

already growing on me a lot in the second listen

insane perfume album ranking

plasma
level3
three-way tie: game / jpn / triangle
complete best

future pop

cosmic explorer

I don't really disagree with that order. Plasma is securely in 1st place for me at this point.

New one sounding really good on first listen!

I'm four tracks in and really liking it so far — and my wife really likes it, too, which was not guaranteed. She loves its 80sness.

Haven't heard the new one yet but I'd rank the albums like this:

JPN
Triangle
Plasma
Game
Level 3
Future Pop
Cosmic Explorer

I spent the first few months of this year listening to them obsessively. Excited for the new album.

new one isn't as strong as plasma but is solid enough

Loving this album, but absolutely obsessed with IMA IMA IMA at the moment which sounds like one of their most YMO-inspired tracks to my ears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwaYVpWfyq8

new song is nice in a TV show credits style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KfIqI_aTxA

nebula pt 2 out, new video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMAgUP51HwU

I dunno, single isn't really hitting but it's the slopped out cover + video that are really giving me pause... :/

ugh why

album out now

Saikidousekai is pretty good, but other than that, this album lowkey confirms for me that Plasma, with its groovy vibe, was a flash in the pan. :(

i’m scared to listen :/

the end of that video is so sweet tho

there was actual art direction on this video according to the credits, idk that that rules out any slopped-ness

whole vfx crew and everything

oh yeah, like the first time around, it seems to be taking cues from the slop aesthetic but I don't think it's literally genAI

new album is fine imo, but if you miss their old school sound like I do, the new electric ribbon did the trick for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyjHEOC_SKk

“challenger” + plasma does feel like a blip now, and despite enjoying a few songs the aesthetic nakata's going for on the nebula romances doesn’t do a ton for me. prefer the future pop era by a lot tbh

then again i am just. so grateful plasma exists at all

yeah, the nebula romances are well made and all that but the songs don't really pull me in while listening or stick with me when I'm done for some reason. perfume bgm. but maybe they'll open up with time, but yeah, I'd rank plasma and future pop _way_ above either.

Hiatus announced! Or 'cryosleep' as they put it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/jpop/comments/1nm42mp/perfume_announces_they_are_going_on_a_cryosleep/

damn. the shows i went to were some of my all-time faves. glad i caught them a few times but woulda loved to have seen them a few more times
too.