Sheesh Y’all, It’s More Than Just Anime
November’s a great month for music releases!
BUMP’s R.I.P/Merry Christmas single and Sleepy.ab’s Paratroop album will be out on the 25th, and the HIATUS’ Insomnia single will be out on the 18th. Now, AJISAITOWN will be releasing their new single, 錯綜リアリズマ, on the 16th, and it’s only going at 500 yen for 4 songs! The way I see it, this release is more of a mini-album as compared to a single release.
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Just 2 hours ago, the first airing of R.I.P, one of the 2 A-side songs from BUMP’s new soon-to-be released single, was aired on School of Lock. I tried tuning in to the online streaming, but failed to do so. So, I decided to wait for someone to upload it on the net. Sure enough, within an hour, it’s up. Just bear with the noise. As soon as I can find a new upload with better quality, you’ll see it here. Thanks to Hyou for the link to the better quality upload.
Honestly, after a 2 year wait, I’m somewhat disappointed with R.I.P. I was really expecting something more mind-blowing, but I guess this will be like another 花の名. Hopefully, I’ll grow to like it after more listens. Now, I just hope that Merry Christmas will be impressive.
Hurry, 25th November!
During my trip, I went for 3 live band performances, 2 of which were quite out of the way for me. It was all totally worth it, both the money and the time. The experience is definitely what I can never get in Singapore, and I’ll explain why shortly.
My very first experience was in Kyoto, where つばき’s live was held in Kyoto Mojo. The venue was really small, barely fitting 200 people, which meant that you could feel every single drum beat and note on the bass throughout your entire body. Also, it meant that you’d be struggling to get your ears back to normal after the event.
Going to Kagoshima was on impulse. I didn’t have any plans to head there, but I had a day with totally nothing to do. It was my second time in Kyuushuu. Kumamoto had not many other places of interest left to offer, I would be heading to Fukuoka later on, and heading to Oita would just make me feel depressed. The only other nearest place left was Kagoshima.
Actually, I wouldn’t call it an exchange programme, since the Japanese students were having it with another school instead of mine. However, I had 3 friends who came over, and they asked me to join them during their free time. I was more than glad to hang out with them, despite the strict timings they were given. All that rushing around really sucked, but there’s nothing much that can be done since they were with their school. That’s the reason why I would rather go over to Japan on a personal visit, as opposed to going with my school.
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