I'm usually pretty optimistic but I only really like 2/5 of what we've heard, Stroll and Roll and Radio Telegraphy. Cuckoo's, Debris, Locomotion, eh. Pretty solid indifference. Are there previews for the rest somewhere? I didn't see where on the official or cdjapan or wherever...

I caved in and pre-ordered it... I even payed extra for 2-3 day international shipping. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Last pillows album I bought was Horn Again and that was a big let down.

I bet there's going to a ballad on this album that will blow our minds.

The ballad is usually the one trick up their sleeve that is constantly good, even on relatively weak albums.

Still unsure about this album, but I'm still considering a pre-order with the next paycheck on Tuesday...I'll have to re-listen to everything that's been released so far...

haha i thought it was funny that you needed to put so much thought into buying a CD, but then i remembered that japanese CDs are expensive as hell.

Yeah, haven't really looked into it, but IIRC it would probably be $30-35 to import.

Pillows stuff is like Apple stuff to me.
Just take my money

[quote="thomasjameskalogianis"]Pillows stuff is like Apple stuff to me.
Just take my money [/quote]

Pillows stuff is like Apple stuff to me too.

It's gotten old and I'd rather spend my money elsewhere

I'm kidding, but I had to do it

[quote="MyFoot"]Pillows stuff is like Apple stuff to me too.

It's gotten old and I'd rather spend my money elsewhere [/quote]

too spicy

LOL

I'm like Tupperware right now you guys. I can barely contain myself.

Debris -Kashima
One Flew Under the Cuckoo's Nest - Jiro
I RIOT - Ueda
THE SUN AND ROCK'N'ROLL - Arie
Subtropical Fantasy - Miyakawa
The tragedy of Eliot - Ueda
Blagodarnost - Arie
RADIOTELEGRAPHY - Arie
Stroll and roll - Jiro
Locomotion, more! more! - Arie

This album is pretty fucking awesome. On a scale from "Horn Again" to "Lostman", I'd rate it around "My Foot" or "Smile". ***

[size=85]*after initial listen[/size]
[size=85]*opinion of super fan[/size]
[size=85]*mafu scale grand rating system©[/size]

That sounds [i]insanely promising[/i].

Also, Arie playing on almost half the tracks really drives home my suspicion that he's going to be Jun's official successor.

HERE HERE

Oh, they've started referring to Arie as "our current live support bassist" or something? Seems like it's as official as a bassist can get with the pillows, I guess? lol

Edit:

4th Movement Is Here

Every track so far has its own individual character so far, as one would expect from a pillows album, but they all sit a full step off from where the previous album's sound was. Bits of their best b-sides resonate (Subtropical has a taste of Snoozer to it, methinks), the guitar and vocal tones are gorgeous...this is the pillows album we've been waiting for.

In a video comment about the album, Sawao noted that back when they were young, he though "it'd be nice if we can renew our sound ever five years." Later, he thought "we need to make sure we renew our sound about every five years." Eventually, he wanted to do that every year. In the 26th year, he said, there was a renewal of their sound...but maybe it was a bit more like "adding a bit of spice, or just opening up your eyes a little bit."

This album, though, he confidently declared to be the most rock and roll thing they've ever done. Admitting that he's said that before, admitting that he thinks there has been a time when he felt that the pillows had become the band they wanted to be already, he confidently believes in this album, and it seems from the interviews I've seen and read that his fire is back.

"Keep going no matter if the wind blows strong, and the rain pours down on you," to reach that impossible thing. Choujou nante nai nda.

I think this will be overall the most positively received album by the Western fanbase in ages. You all wanted that stark change to their style, and if you don't hear it on this album it's possible that the pillows will have to reinvent the GENRE they sit in for you to feel satisfied that they're doing enough to shake their approach up.

AUREAH!!!

Wait, have you guys heard this already??