Watched the Coachella last night with my daughters (thank you!). Despite the decent performance I was really let down by (a) the tracks conforming exactly to the album releases with the exception of an interlude (I think), and (b) half the time the camera people obviously had no idea how to shoot them to highlight the choreography, which let's face it is really the only "live" aspect of note. The 3D capture was also used pretty badly with insane rotations and pans unrelated to the music. I would have loved them to use more of the practical effect with the translucent screens onstage, instead of the overlaid elements on the video signal which I presume were shown on screens beside the stage.It struck me how weird it must have been for them to come on stage to a muted reception instead of the place going nuts. Having seen video of some of their full performances in Japan, their home shows are on another level altogether.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
Yeah, the livestream was a cool showcase of technology, but kind of dizzying if you want to focus on the choreo.
The extended sets they played during their main tour stops were more impressive production-wise. Some unique non-album arrangements too (a glitchy transition from the outro of Secret Secret into an extended, mid-tempo trip-hop piece?!).
Future Pop has grown on me a bit. I think it’s way better than Cosmic Explorer.
― KevRus, Friday, 10 May 2019 01:29 (four years ago) link
holy shit i forgot how perfect "daijyobanai" is
― clouds, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
It really is! I love how it sounds so ecstatic, and yet the lyrics hint at something more manic or neurotic. That melancholy middle-8 comes out of nowhere with those stabbing off-beat synths. A brief pensive pause before the mania continues.
And best of all, unlike so many Perfume tracks, it doesn’t overstay its welcome being just 3 mins long. And wow that choreography!
― KevRus, Friday, 21 June 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
From their Reframe shows last year, kind of Einstein On The Beach gone ambient techno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzvh2fw4FVQ
― threnody for the victims of alan shearer (Matt #2), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
wow
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
If they release a Reframe Blu-Ray, I will absolutely buy it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link
new single a bit of a throwback to their early stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M4EwGf-lH0
the curiously not futuristic future pop was OK and all but I def personally prefer them in this mode
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Thursday, 24 September 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
^^ agreed this is a nice return to form
― orson around (clouds), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link
Reframe will be on Netflix starting Friday!
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFAx-fi2JE
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:07 (three years ago) link
Watching this now and it's phenomenal. Makes me wish my TV had speakers the size of walk-in freezers.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 March 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Hope this is out on my netflix
― abcfsk, Friday, 19 March 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
Apparently it's a worldwide deal:
So excited to announce our “Reframe THEATER EXPERIENCE with you” is now available worldwide exclusively on @Netflix! Make sure to check out Team Perfume’s word-class creativity once again. #prfm https://t.co/4VwizqUunD pic.twitter.com/FVyVoNTaqi— Perfume (@perfumeofficial) March 19, 2021
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 March 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
edge is the most perfect fucking song in the history of music
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
obv i’m very stoned and watching this right now
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:42 (three years ago) link
i am not sure how they keep outdoing themselves visually
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:43 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the performance of "Edge" is fucking amazing. It's on YouTube, for those who don't have Netflix/haven't seen this yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_hOOz5V38
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 01:14 (three years ago) link
go Brad, liveblog!
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 20 March 2021 08:54 (three years ago) link
it’s fantastic!!! the set is pretty weird but they’re trying to do something very specific so it’s chill. visually mind boggling every few seconds and just keeps building and building. missed “challenger” when it came out so it was nice to encounter a new perfume banger
it feels very for-true-fans-only to me in a way, i wouldn’t necessarily introduce anyone to perfume with this show, but yeah it rules
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link
Still can't believe I was actually in Tokyo when these shows were happening but couldn't get it together to source a ticket, oh well.
― judged and found wanting by the steve hoffman forums (Matt #2), Saturday, 20 March 2021 11:29 (three years ago) link
edge rules
― nxd, Sunday, 21 March 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
Confirmed for Primavera Sound 2022. Wonder if they'll play London again?
https://www.perfume-web.jp/news/detail.php?id=3640
― wherefore art thou romeo challenger (Matt #2), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfa__mKAhec
new single "polygon wave" is fun
― ufo, Friday, 2 July 2021 13:00 (two years ago) link
Polygon Wave video out now, not exactly battering down the walls of innovation but a definite return to form
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5_2VK_Hj2s
Nakata's got some new Capsule tracks out too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP78JV3RCU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwn49r14nIc
― a flange is gonna come (Matt #2), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
I always like when they play around with supernatural/posthuman-ness in their videos, so I think the end of this one is great. Not just the VR goggle thing but the way they walk away from each other stone-faced at the end. (Also, the eye makeup when they take the goggles off is kinda off-putting, like some kind of weird cyber pinkeye.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link
new album July 27th
7/27(水)にNewアルバム"PLASMA"の発売が決定🎉PLASMAオリジナルケース付Bluetoothイヤホンが付いた豪華盤も数量限定で発売🔥🎧さらに!全国9都市を廻るアリーナツアー「Perfume 9th Tour 2022 “PLASMA”」の開催も決定🗾👏"PLASMA" ご予約はこちらhttps://t.co/rSzlyAxywz#prfm pic.twitter.com/yzVfPbFoS1— Perfume_Staff (@Perfume_Staff) May 12, 2022
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 12 May 2022 11:04 (one year ago) link
and it’s a real return to form. ハテナビト is an instant classic.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 02:31 (one year ago) link
This one kind of worms its way in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F27FkOytdYA
― ~insert pun here~ (Matt #2), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 08:35 (one year ago) link
gonna listen today, very hyped
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:04 (one year ago) link
I'm 3 tracks in. Really good so far. Nice synthwavey intro track, and some very cool prog synths on "Polygon Wave."
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:44 (one year ago) link
might be my fave since JPN? it still doesn't quite hit the highs of the early stuff (imo) but I'm reminded of the polished consistency of triangle.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:14 (one year ago) link
Consistency is definitely a good word for it. There were at least two or three songs where I thought, "Yep, that's what a Perfume song sounds like."
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
That single is very nice indeed, love the high-tech take on 80s funk/boogie
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
oh my god it sounds MASSIVE
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 23:22 (one year ago) link
also huge Cassius vibe from "Polygon Wave" for me
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 23:31 (one year ago) link
Oooh love the single, my favorite of theirs in a while
― Vinnie, Thursday, 28 July 2022 06:54 (one year ago) link
agreed that this is their best since JPN and very solid
nakata's really playing to his strengths by returning to their classic sound for a lot of this, and taking influence from 80s funk/boogie/city pop is very preferable to the EDM trend-chasing that made up a lot of their previous decade, though it's also just as relatively on-trend right now
love "drive'n the rain"
― ufo, Thursday, 28 July 2022 11:11 (one year ago) link
album honestly sounds like a direct follow-up to triangle lmao
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 July 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
but i'm not complaining that nakata's renewed his commitment to making the coolest music on earth
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 July 2022 14:11 (one year ago) link
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, July 28, 2022 7:03 AM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i said this when i was still in the first half but honestly the second half feels like its own celestial balearic thing
i'm so happy
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 July 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
def among their most consistent albums (cf. game, level 3), just a bunch of bangers, relistens are prob only gonna make me more enthusiastic about it
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 July 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
i had heard "saisei" during one of their netflix concert specials and immediately clocked it as a really good perfume song but gd if it isn't one of their earwormiest tracks ever
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 July 2022 14:54 (one year ago) link
album did inspire me to go back to the beginning of the discography and if nakata's reading this i still need a full techno perfume record in the mode of "game"/"take me take me"/"butterfly"/"edge"
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 July 2022 17:23 (one year ago) link
Beginning of the discography is this, strictly speaking, but I know what you're saying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOWra-Wh6k
― ~insert pun here~ (Matt #2), Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
oh yeah i was kinda grouping complete best/game/triangle together in that post
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
and completely ignoring/forgetting about the two earliest singles lmao
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
would love a full album in the mode of "Sweet Donuts"
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:11 (one year ago) link
the first four perfume albums are basically as good as abba
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 July 2022 22:52 (one year ago) link
Level 3 will always be my jam, I took my kids to the Sanrio store in Shinjuku, happily watching them browse when "1mm" came on the store PA and my brain melted
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 29 July 2022 01:02 (one year ago) link