Where is the LOVE for Perfume?

i like perfume

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3aejcy_perfume-star-train_music

only realised the other day that Relax in the City is A+

New album april 6th COSMIC EXPLORER. New US tour in summer.

https://40.media.tumblr.com/e74b4c1b46439ac002ccc8ec3bc7e2cb/tumblr_o2jgwyVJUx1qbc57uo1_1280.jpg

Anybody who didn't see them last time, GO.

The greatest live act

album tracklisting

01. Navigate
02. Cosmic Explorer
03. Miracle Worker
04. Next Stage with YOU
05. STORY
06. FLASH（Album-mix）
07. Sweet Refrain（Album-mix）
08. Baby Face
09. TOKIMEKI LIGHTS（Album-mix）
10. STAR TRAIN（Album-mix）
11. Relax In The City
12. Pick Me Up
13. Cling Cling（Album-mix）
14. Hold Your Hand

I'm hoping, from the title, that this will be their move into full-blown Tangerine Dream / Italo space techno, although the presence of Star Train in the track list isn't boding well for that.

album mix though! could mean literally anything

[日程] 2016/08/26 (金)
[会場] The Wiltern（Los Angeles）
http://www.wiltern.com
[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間)
$39.50 / $49.50 / $59.50

[日程] 2016/08/28 (日)
[会場] The Warfield（San Francisco）
http://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com
[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間)
$49.50 / $59.50
　
[日程] 2016/08/31 (水)
[会場] The Vic Theatre（Chicago）
http://jamusa.com/the-vic/
[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間)
] $49.50

[日程] 2016/09/03 (土)
[会場] HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM（New York）
http://www.mcstudios.com
[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間)
$39.50 / $49.50 / $59.50 / $64.50

[日程] 2016/09/04 (日)
[会場] HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM（New York）
http://www.mcstudios.com
[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間)
$39.50 / $49.50 / $59.50 / $64.50

mmmmmm

Two New York shows over Labor Day weekend? Man, I have no excuse for skipping that...

Perfume kung fu fighting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM63o4UlUPU

The album is... OUT

http://www.generasia.com/w/images/3/3e/Perfume_-_Cosmic_Explorer_(Regular_Edition).jpg

hearts in my eyes at the instrumentation for "next stage with YOU"

wtf @ "story"

re: the album mixes, "flash" is a sort of baffling abstraction of the original (see also "spending all my time," but i think this one works better), "sweet refrain" is sort of improved but also randomized, i don't remember what the original "tokimeki lights" or "star train" sounded like at this point, "cling cling" feels less stuttering and awkward

i almost wish he'd done something to "relax in the city" and "pick me up" but then those were my favorite singles, they're perfect as they are

in fact in its album mix "cling cling" kinda sounds like a follow-up to "voice"

Tokimeki Lights is just the kind of warm, comforting Perfume track, mid-tempo, with uniquely Perfume-y flourishes, a little piano - they did these quite a bit in earlier years and all my defenses break down.

Story: For people who felt the EDM elements on the last album were far too subtle.

it's distinctly less enjoyable than "party maker" but i imagine it goes off live

"hold your hand" is an inspired idea for a closer imo

Story is the intro music from their SXSW showcase. It worked at an intro, but... It's quite funny, at least, that it comes at the point it does on the album. BAM!

Like this a lot. Baby Face is cute.

I like the album on first listen, but its multifaceted-ness takes some getting used to. The title track could easily be covered by a power metal band like Sonata Arctica or somebody, and I'm not sure we needed two ballads (one with acoustic guitar). And the stuff that seems most blatantly aimed at US dancefloors is a little hard to take. I would have preferred more ultra-hard capsule-style techno tracks. But "Pick Me Up" is still such a great song it balances out a lot of the less-immediately-awesome stuff. I'm gonna listen to the album a few dozen more times and see if I change my mind.

i really should've learned years ago to stop actively listening to perfume singles and just wait for the album but the sequencing on this record is really bizarre to me and i can't tell if it actually is or i'm just hyperfamiliar with the back half

I haven't listened that much to the singles, and I also think the sequencing is really weird. I kinda like that, though.

was just remembering how I felt the first time I heard the cut-up part of "polyrhythm". still prob the best thing I've ever heard

The sequencing is really weird; it doesn't come to a conclusion like an album "should," it just sort of...runs out of tracks.

Perfume can even make tropical house sound good <3

dang. if you got rid of the title track and "story" this would be a much tighter record – and still plenty substantial at 47 mins.

surprised by how enjoyable and compatible these songs are otherwise, even if they might not have much to match the highs of their other albums. really in love with "miracle worker" for some reason

think this might be my fav Perfume song in quite a while
http://mikietsang.tumblr.com/post/164736017493/perfume-everyday-video-clip-lq

mugenmirai

https://youtu.be/Q51bru32S7A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WQZ_Q8e_pU

whoa

"fusion" intro is... not unlike dopplereffekt?

I don't really care for "mugenmirai" tho. man, enough with the dubstep wobbling already, nakata.

btw anyone listen to his recent solo ablum? I'm afraid to.

I'm curious about it but man is it getting some terrible reviews

yea it feels like he still hasn't really recovered from that dark EDM bro period

Just got an email from my friend Patrick, he's written about GAME for the 33 1/3 series, he's a great writer, very well informed and kinda gossipy in a good way, I'm looking forward to checking this out.

oh tight, been meaning to check that out, nice to hear a good uh testimonial

would read!

oh cool it's already out, *will* read!

New album in August http://www.perfume-web.jp/eng/news/individual.php?id=46

yesssssss

Tour dates! We were maybe visiting Japan this autumn anyway, this could swing it.

http://www.perfume-web.jp/eng/news/individual.php?id=47

Future Pop

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgqrW_kU8AAsHbf.jpg

01. Start-Up
02. Future Pop
03. If you wanna
04. TOKYO GIRL
05. FUSION
06. Tiny Baby
07. Let Me Know
08. Chorairin
09. Mugenmirai
10. Housekino Ame
11. Tenku
12. Everyday

what a title

Interesting one 18 years into their career. A statement about their legacy, and maybe that they're still at the front

august! jeez

oh sweeeeeeeeet

Expecting a promo stream this week. Really excited.

it’s out