Although for some reason I like the brief moment when his voice gets very John Lydon like on this.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 1 October 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
I have to admit "Morning of Bursting Sound" is growing on me a bit. It has an epic feel to it.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
I'm liking this a bit more at this point, but possibly because I am letting it sit in the background more when I listen to it. And since "Ankokuya" just came on, let me mention that it reminds me, particularly in its rhythm section, really specifically of parts of Fred Frith's Speechless.
― hello, I just had a quick question? (_Rudipherous_), Monday, 22 October 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
this record is so good. starting to consider it my favorite of theirs
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 22 October 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
oh hell this is on spotify http://open.spotify.com/album/1g3QRORSzdLU6E00Iuo2wG
people get on this!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 22 October 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
I know there is at least a handful of people here who would like this if they checked it out. Getting them to check it out is another matter.
― hello, I just had a quick question? (_Rudipherous_), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
Re-listening to 4, why don't these guys make more records?? They tour all the time, tsk....
― MaresNest, Friday, 22 September 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
When you revived this I hoped it was because they'd announced something :(
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 23 September 2017 10:08 (six years ago) link
Sorry! :) This is the closest thing of late anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8WU-Jx3Ha0
― MaresNest, Saturday, 23 September 2017 10:19 (six years ago) link
Yes, they're one of the groups you've introduced me to, I don't listen to a large amount of hiphop but I like how awkward and lopsided their beats can be (I know the above isn't the best example of that)
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 23 September 2017 10:39 (six years ago) link
miss these dudes. from what i can tell from their website, the bassist left the band (again) :\
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 April 2018 12:57 (five years ago) link
still the greatest music video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsuyY5MTM_E
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 26 April 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link
first NUMBER GIRL thread, i think?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 14 March 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
spending today remembering how rad stories is
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 October 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
i like to think i am constantly checking their youtube for new material but i guess i'm not? because kimonos did this remote cover of "this must be the place" a month ago that is absolutely destroying me rn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwk165YkJuo
there are also some live videos they uploaded last year ;_;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcu19bg9CIc
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 June 2020 01:56 (three years ago) link
god that live performance is fucking phenomenal
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 June 2020 02:00 (three years ago) link
zazen boys ranked:
4 / i don’t wanna be with youstories2 3 / himitsu girl’s top secret 1
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 6 March 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
New album!!!
Translation warning but you'll get the gist.
ZAZEN BOYS ' new album "Land" will be released on January 24, 2024.
This album, released for the first time in 11 years and four months since the previous album ``Stories'', includes a total of 13 songs, including new songs ``Barracuda'', ``Greetings to Tchaikovsky'', and ``Eternal Girl''. Regarding this work, Hidenori Mukai (Vo, G, Key) commented, ``The title of ZAZEN BOYS' new album is ``Land''.Here is a song about a person who continues to be haunted by the sunset of the turbulent world.'' There is.
Additionally, additional performances for the currently ongoing tour “ZAZEN BOYS TOUR MATSURI SESSION 2023” have been decided. A total of 5 new performances have been added, from Kumamoto B.9 V1 on February 3rd to DIAMOND HALL in Aichi on March 20th. TICKET FROG is currently accepting official advance reservations for tickets until 23:59 on November 12th.
― MaresNest, Monday, 6 November 2023 13:15 (five months ago) link
ahh!!!!!!
― ivy., Monday, 6 November 2023 14:33 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh2K_JorLIM
― ivy., Saturday, 6 January 2024 17:00 (three months ago) link
i should've posted the official video bc it's awesome!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6C8wFKd1t0
― ivy., Saturday, 6 January 2024 17:23 (three months ago) link
Today's the day!
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 12:31 (two months ago) link
this album is soooooo freakin good
― ivy., Monday, 29 January 2024 19:07 (two months ago) link
their most relaxed. which sounds really good on them!
Had no idea they had a new album coming out. What a treat! "Barakuda" is funky as hell
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, 29 January 2024 22:30 (two months ago) link
Does it sound like a very early Chili Peppers, or am I mad.
― MaresNest, Monday, 29 January 2024 22:48 (two months ago) link
I thought it sounded like Remain in Light-era Talking Heads, or otherwise Fela-influenced. But I am loathe to compare anything I like to RHCP.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, 29 January 2024 22:50 (two months ago) link
Even (and maybe especially) when the comparison is warranted
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, 29 January 2024 22:51 (two months ago) link
I was thinking like, the first two RHCP records but idk. I love how the arrangments are slightly more stripped down, there's an openness I don't often hear.
― MaresNest, Monday, 29 January 2024 22:54 (two months ago) link
One thing I'm hearing (and it might be my imagination) is an increased weariness in Mukai's voice. He sounds ever-so-slightly older & sadder...? It absolutely doesn't help that I don't know Japanese.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Monday, 29 January 2024 23:05 (two months ago) link
here are the translations:
ZAZEN BOYS らんど LEO今井による歌詞対訳ZAZEN BOYS - Rando Lyrics english translations by Leo Imaihttps://t.co/dNaxhhbZXs pic.twitter.com/8bJGfxrJiS— Matsuri Studio (@MatsuriStudio) January 24, 2024
really gorgeous lyrics but yeah a pretty melancholy record
― ivy., Monday, 29 January 2024 23:20 (two months ago) link
btw i have come pretty close to comparing zazen boys to rhcp in the past, just haven't quite had the courage
― ivy., Monday, 29 January 2024 23:21 (two months ago) link
By Leo Imai no less!
― MaresNest, Monday, 29 January 2024 23:24 (two months ago) link