Thread for METAFIVE (Yukihiro Takahasi, Cornelius, Towa Tei, Yoshinori Sunahara, Leo Imai, one other guy)

Oh it just occurred to me that “New Roses” is the name of a song on Neuromantic

"The 2nd ALBUM "META ATEM" (hereinafter referred to as 2 product numbers), which was scheduled to be released on August 11, will be discontinued.

Along with this, the release commemorative talk event scheduled at Tower Records Shibuya will also be cancelled. Please.

In addition, the regular radio program "METAFM" broadcast on InterFM897 will be discontinued due to band activities."

Well uh…..that’s a hell of a reaction

I mean that pretty much just means it’s coming out in November right?

so get this, Metafive IS playing at Fuji Rock. but they're doing it without Cornelius, Towa Tei, Takahashi AND Gondo. Cornelius out for obvious reasons, Takahashi still recovering from surgery, no idea on the other two. instead it's Leo Imai, Sunahara, and two session dudes. actually very curious how that's gonna sound!!

That is fucking odd (apart from Cornelius being let go, that makes sense)

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https://www.change.org/p/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF-metafive%E3%81%AE2nd-album-metaatem-%E7%99%BA%E5%A3%B2%E5%86%8D%E9%96%8B%E3%82%92%E6%B1%82%E3%82%81%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=09d1ace0-fdbb-11eb-a863-09096a895e24

do these petitions ever accomplish anything? I remember a similar one for Denki Groove a year back...

Fuji Rock set was pretty good! seems clear that Leo Imai is the main dude now so it still felt true to the band somehow. not having the horns or Cornelius sound effects declutters their sound quite a bit which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I missed YTs backup vocals & drumming but overall pretty impressed

Damn...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNEsz8a6AaQ

ok the new record finally leaked. it's quite good but kind of awkward because Leo Imai seems to be very much the main dude now. so when you hear one of the other guys singing its weird, especially since their voices are so much thinner. the songs are kind of cluttered but you don't really get the "supergroup" vibe from them. anyway, I think the plan is to transition to the 4-piece that did Fuji Rock, possibly under the name TESTSET. hopefully this record still comes out though, I'd totally buy it.