Sheesh Y’all, It’s More Than Just Anime
The reason why I’ve decided to mention 粕汁ず,a Japanese band which I spotted on Youtube while searching for Radwimps covers, is simple. These guys, and girl, simply adore the alter ego (味噌汁’s) of one of my favourite bands, and they all share the goal of performing together with 味噌汁’s.
Don’t mind the afros (Hey, an afro did help Luffy win a battle!) and school uniform outfits, just enjoy their performance.
So far, 粕汁ず has recorded 2 originally composed songs.
恋愛交差点
I finally got down to writing about Radwimps’ 5th album which I’ve been looping ever since it came out on the March 11. I’m not much of a music critic, but due to my inability to suppress my fandom for the band, I shall have a couple of comments to go along with each track.
Let’s start off with the album’s title, 「アルトコロニーの定理」, a coined phrase by Noda. あるところに (Arutokoroni) is a fairytale-like phrase, which translates to “In a certain place”. Besides that, アルト (Alto) describes the range he managed to be able to sing in this album, and コロニー (Colony) gives the feel of not being alone. 定理 means theorem. Noda loves math, and hoped for this album to be able to serve as an answer to some of life’s mysteries, just like how other theorems would serve as an answer to a problem.
Now, for the music.
Geez, I really think there’s something wrong with the vision of some people who think I’m female. Those people desperately need a form of corrective vision.
Just yesterday, I was standing in queue for dinner, wearing a t-shirt and a pair of bermudas. When it came to my turn, the attendant asked “Hi Miss, what do you want to buy?” in Chinese. For a moment, I looked around, fearing that I might have stolen someone’s position in the queue. It turned out that I was the only person left in queue for that store. Great…
It’s been quite a while since I read somewhere that Radwimps was working on their new album, but I never expected news of it to be out so soon. On 11 March this year, they will release their 5th album, which has an unreleased title. I’m sure they’ll impress Radwimps fans yet again with a collection of awesome melodies and a unique album title.
In other words, Radwimps. Somehow, the band managed to come up with such a name by putting 2 unrelated English words together. Japanese band names never cease to amuse me, and neither do the quality of the music of such bands with weird names.
For the past 2 months, this band’s music has been looping continuously on my playlist, be it on winamp, my portable media player, or even my handphone now. Yes, I’m using my handphone for music on the go now because my portable media player broke down after serving its overlord for a good two years and six months.
It’s been a long time since I posted specifically on a music artiste, but it’s not that anyone really reads my music posts anyway. This time, I’ll shall talk less and let the music talk more. 2 of my favourite Radwimps PVs with translations right after the break.
