I did not like "This World" at all.

all I can say is thank god this wasn't a pillows release.

less boring than the predators 'newer' live material, but FOXES was better.

Liked it. Cheerful and goofy.

The chorus is so bland and forgettable that I skipped to see if anything interesting happened after that thing that should have been some sort of guitar solo happened. If the chorus had been strong, it would have been a pretty good song, but you can say that about, you know, every meh song out there, so yeah.

Well that was kinda just... boring. I mean, I can see Sawao is trying to make some "fun" music, but it's just so "blah". I really don't have my hopes up for this release, and my hopes for the pillows next album are getting lower and lower.

[quote="Son Goshin"] and my hopes for the pillows next album are getting lower and lower. [/quote]

My heart was hoping jiro wrote this one.
but my common sense, it is not so easily swayed.

Hey guys, spoiler alert: The Predators' music has always been in this light and "fun" vein. Odds are it will have just about zero reflection on the pillows' next release.

True, true. I did really enjoy the first Predators release though. But I was disappointed with Discharge as well. Rodeo Star Mate wasn't all that great, and of course neither was OOPARTS. I just worry that Sawao is losing it. That consistency that he had seems to kind of be fading away. I hope I'm dead wrong and the next release from the pillows is kick-ass, but it's all up in the air right now.

[quote="Son Goshin"]True, true. I did really enjoy the first Predators release though. But I was disappointed with Discharge as well. Rodeo Star Mate wasn't all that great, and of course neither was OOPARTS. I just worry that Sawao is losing it. That consistency that he had seems to kind of be fading away. I hope I'm dead wrong and the next release from the pillows is kick-ass, but it's all up in the air right now.[/quote]

This argument has been around since Wake Up! and even before then in some more extreme cases.

the pillows have for the most part been well within the limits of pop music for their whole career. But it just seems that Sawao's songwriting is fitting too snugly within those limits these days for me (and the pillows sound in general). We still have good songs here and there, but... well, you know the rest.

Yes, I indeed do. I think what it might be is that Sawao has gotten complacent. the pillows (and he himself with his other two projects) have finally found some true success in the past 5 years, and maybe Sawao wants to keep it that way. But because of that, it doesn't feel to me like the music is evolving. Like you said, we still get awesome, amazing stuff sprinkled in... but then a good portion comes across as just average or lacking in some department or another. And I know Sawao and the pillows can do better than that, and that's what I want to hear them do on the next album.

This song is pretty meh, but I'm still optimistic about the Predators' new release being better than Sawao's solo album and OOPARTS.

[quote="Jomei"]This song is pretty meh, but I'm still optimistic about the Predators' new release being better than Sawao's solo album and OOPARTS.[/quote]

I have absolutely no idea how this opinion can be possible after listening to the song again. Unless this is just a big FUCK YOU to how mediocre all of the new releases have been in general. In that case, [i]well played, sir[/i].

This song coulda been a really solid pop-punk rock song, it has a killer droning powerchord melody like the ramones, except the poppy flourishes killed it. Maybe if sawao sang the flourishes with a little grit.

Im curious about the mini-though, this song is less post-grunge and more pop-punk rock. If the mini is largely a pop-punk record, it's gonna be great! I'd love to hear sawao do pop-punk. But he's gotta dirty it up a bit to pull it off.

No, he's got to make the hooks catchy to pull it off.

I don't know guys, I enjoyed it. It was a little bland in the vocals portion of the song, I agree with many of you that it wasn't enough umph. And that it needs to sound more harsh to make the sound work. But I liked the chorus, it was okay catchy but not enough for you guys I guess.

I enjoyed it and am hoping for a good release. I might get this one actually.