WARNING!!! EXTREMELY LONG (and slightly fangirlish XD) POST!
My RENTRER EN SOI copies came today... I was so excited I could barely stand it. It wasn't a long wait at all really. I survived the storm. I'm so proud of me. XD I was actually awake for the mailman for once... lol... he came at like 9 am... I was sick all night and I kept waking up so I only slept off and on from like 5-8:30. I guess being sick was good for something... so umm... thanks my crappy immune system... I appreciate it... I think XD
I see what people meant that it was weird listening the first time... it is so different. It really takes you aback. Their new music has a lot of attitude and style. Well... it can't compare to Sphire-Croid because they are so different you wouldn't believe it's the same band. I can't even pick a song that is reminiscent of anything they've done before. Except for Mawaru and some parts of Strawberry Oblaat of course. It met my expectation for variety. The songs are diverse not only in a way from each other but within the songs there is a lot of diversity.
I wanted to hit myself cause I told myself to really hear the songs and not have seizures of excitement I would listen while very calm and peaceful with headphones and the lights off and my eyes closed... and what did I do... rip it open without thinking, throw it into the stereo, turned the volume way up, and belly flopped onto my bed (bad idea seeing I stayed up all night sick and vomiting XD), kicking my little feet and squealing as quietly as I possibly could... HAHAHAHA
The only thing different between limited and regular edition is the cover, obi, and product number... they are exactly the same artwork and cd and the postcards that were first press are the same... the limited just has a double-sided tray for the dvd... and the cover for the regular edition isn't really a cover... it's a slip the size of a cover and then the booklet... and there's free porn in the regular press, too! Inverted nudiepie Satsuki is on the back... LOL!
ok... a quick *coughornotsoquick* review, but warning... the first bits of each were written at a first listen so I'm not sure how dumb I sound even now after leveling my head like a disintegrating building... lol dont ask... I left them in cause I dunno... I felt like it so ha! You can probly tell the parts that were added after cause they are a little more... uh... refined? coherent? or maybe not... XD I'm sure someone could give a better and more technical review *cough Kinsao* but I just felt like sharing mine anyway.
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Mawaru - a quick little intro. it's En Soi!!! same piano tune with weird other... noise?
Like wind chimes... a church bell... and plucking noise. It sounds in a way like an old record. A little fuzzy. Only 47 seconds though. It stops a bit abruptly and goes straight into the next song. Still there is a somewhat smooth transition into the next track. Just hearing this was the opening brought a huge smile to my face... I foolishly thought RES isn't much different afterall... haha. Kind of ironic too cause like a month ago I burned my friend a cd of various RES tracks and I made En Soi the intro... lol
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Bunretsu LE+DD Jinkaku - Omg I love this song! Not what I was expecting at all. Very heavy and strangely beautiful all at the same time. So many great moments in this song. Interesting engrish lyrics...the lyrics are about half in english. One of my favorites "What do you want to do me on earth?" Well earth doesn't satsify you we can do it someplace else... haha jk. This song at first was very confusing... it took about 3 listens before it really hit me what this song was like... the diversity totally threw me off. Probly the most diverse song in the album. A good song to begin with because it's very strong and catchy. It shows just how well RES can blend styles and make them their own while incorporating their talents and strengths musically. I'd have to say that excluding PROTOPLASM or Karasuiro no Taiji that Bunretsu LE+DE Jinkaku is the the strongest on the album. I'd be hard pressed to pick if it was between the 3 of them... cause they all have their strong points. Ok... so the very beginning starts really cool. I didn't realize it was a new song at first. Then it goes all techno for a couple seconds. 1:27 break it down for us Satsuki... oh yea! XD I love the guitars at that bit. 2:13 what? we're in Mexico all of a sudden... *looks around confused* I want me some sopapias! HAHA! 2:29 ahhh drums... *love* Ok... if this doesn't convince you that Satsuki needs no help from Kyo I don't know what does. After many listens to the album I would imagine this is my favorite track because I kept going back and listening to it most out of any of the songs. Maybe you can tell too cause I think this is probly gonna be the longest review of the songs... XD
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Giragira - Be ready to dance! hahaha... it's totally catchy. I love the bass. Some really great drumming in here as well. I guessed wrong... Shun wrote Giragira... a total shock. Shun seems too boring for such a song. Put on your dance shoes for serious! It's Giragira-cise time. LOL! Around 1:45 guitars *single tear rolls down cheek and reaches for the pie* XD. The backing vocals are pretty funny towards the end. This song is pretty hard to critique... I don't know why. Maybe I'm too busy dancing about to be thinking about it too much. It really wasn't at all what I was imagining it would sound like from the clip on the OHP and the bit I heard from the radio program. Hands down the catchiest song on this album. I'm pretty sure only RES could pull off groovy synth with rock and do so gracefully as they did... lol
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DEAD believe ME - Satsuki said the F word! O___O wahh he said it again... oooh there it was again ! O_____O LOL... that's all I could think the first time. Yay! a Mika song... I'm so happy... Mika writes awesome songs. Gotta love the engrish in this one... like "Dear DEAD **** believe" Oh man... that's to much. I don't know why Satsuki saying **** is so amusing and shocking to me. Is it just me? XD Ok... starts off really interesting and sounds really promising. 1:53... interesting... that part really grabbed my attention and that led to 2:13 a nice little bass solo.
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PROTOPLASM - You guys all know about this one... I don't think I have to say anything about it... it's the same version.
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Gedoku magai ni SUICIDE - Another Mika song... maybe I lied about him writing good songs. Another catchy song... but maybe not quite so good... haha. This is the jazz song Satsuki must have talked about. Really great guitars then bass comes in for a bit of a solo. This song feels very typical jrock jazz-esque boogie music... but it has a really distinct feel to it. Something that sets it apart... drums and bass is pretty typical for the style but I think the guitars and and vocals are what make it unique. It's an ok track with the album but I think standing alone it's not very impressive. I this proves my friend wrong... she says track 6 on every album is usually the best. I told her no... that is not the case many times... but 95% of the time it is track 2 that kicks ***... oh I love it when I'm right... haha.
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Strawberry Oblaat - whoa... Satsuki wrote this one. I'm totally impressed. Way to go Sacchan! *o* Different words for this version. I dunno... I love both version... this is screamier... and heavier. Definitely better guitars. It seems kinda like a live version. Kinda screaming rap-ish at parts. The chorus is the only part I think that is the same words and similar melody as the original Ichigo Oburaato and there's one verse that's the same I think. An excellent remake and one of the better tracks on this album.
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Misemonogoya - Starts off with a little acappella... which is just a smidge... uhhh... how to put it nicely... not good... please don't ever do something like that again Satsuki... it doesn't work for you... >___< once the music comes in the beginning sounding like an end song to me... feeling like it'd be on the end of an album or an anime show. -_-***** But quickly that changes... till the chorus that is. 1:05 guitars are yummy... unfortunately it's probly my least favorite track... but some parts redeem the song from be disliking it entirely... like the guitars at 1:31 oh boy is that tasty... haha. This song also has a way too typical feeling at many points unfortunately... some really great guitars sets it apart but not by much... seems like a waste of good guitaring on a otherwise unpleasant song. Fortunately this one clocks in at 2:30 so the torture isn't all that long. Am I on drugs or can you hear faintly hidden and woven deep beneath the surface the melody of Jessica by Dir en grey... but really only the chorus... if so I'll have to kill myself cause I just proved my own self wrong about the DiruxRES thing. -_-;;; I hate it when I'm wrong... XDD
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Karasuiro no Taiji - I don't think you need me to tell you the awesomeness of this song either. I think I have enough in the previosu months already as with PROTOPLASM. XD
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Seishinshi Jusandome - At a first listen of the album this was my favorite song. Satsuki needs no help from Kyo really people... hear the man roar... -___- XD Ok... this song is so catchy and heavy you just have to love it. Makes you want to invent some weird headbanging yet dancing yet jumping dance move or something... or not... I imagine that's how Takumi got his head injury... I bet it was during this song... it's dangerous... lol. The drums and guitars are just amazing. 1:21 Drums oh man... I was dying. Oh lord and that leads right into the guitars at 1:40. I just have to say the chorus is a bit... err..... funny. ^^;;; Some the vocals in this are just... hilarious... I dunno... hard to explain if you haven't heard. Yet miraculously somehow unbeknownst to me it works quite effectively. I really enjoy this song in spite of it... possibly even because of it. Oh... and I really love that repetitive "Death Grace" part at I think it was 0:53... or should I say Desu Gurays like they do? XD This song is the one that keeps getting stuck in my head... Giragira too...
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JUDE - What can I say about Jude other then it's quite simply gorgeously dark.
Almost the best track on the album... it falls slightly short of the bar though. I wasn't expecting it to sound like this from the clip. There some creepy organ in here. Makes the song almost sound foreboding. Definitely one of the stronger tracks on this album. The beginning... I was like... no this isn't JUDE... no... no... no... maybe? *quadruple check lyric booklet*
? The part that starts at 0:58 felt a bit too typical. Pretty much everything after made up for it though. Some parts made me cringe cause they were almost going back into the kind of sound I hated at the beginning. Lovely guitar solo though at 2:30. The choruses are wonderful. It ends very... umm... interesting... haha.
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Binetsuka de Shajitsu shita Shinso wa Atesaki Fumei no Tegami to Naru - How perfect! The is precisely the kinda of song I was on the edge of my seat... err... bed... waiting for the whole time. How satisfying and refeshing a track this was. It's like the cool-down after all that Giragira-cising... lol. Still a little heavy on the guitars at parts. This totally had me in tears all the way through. I was hoping there was atleast one slow song. RES always is best at making those tear-jerking, heart-renching, emotional, slow track and power ballads. Add Binetsuka to the list cause it right up there with the oldies like wither, Anima Mundi, Last Word ﾂ「 ﾂ」, Itsuwari no uzu, and Aqua. It's a perfect ending for this album. Only gripe... c'mon on it's a beautiful song... why ever did you end it with that weird scratchy exhale... that was uncalled for. T_T I think this is without a doubt the best song on this album. It really touched me in a way none of the other songs could. But I can't leave it there cause OMG guitar guitar guitar guitar at like 2:30... I'm in love. *o* ok... there... the itching to say that was scratched... looks like I'm done... XD
Aww man... over already? T___T I wanted this album never to end. I kinda sat in silence the first time through for a good 10-ish minutes... completely empty headed and in shock over what I just discovered and wondering if it really over... all the anticipation... excitement... is it done? I was left with no impression whatsoever. It was so awkward. I'm always so moved by RES's music and this didn't do that... I mean sure PROTOPLASM really moved me and Binetsuka did but I didn't feel much of anything when it was over and done. Was that the intention? I'm not sure? Anyone else felt this way? Usually I am left with so many questions and thoughts and yearnings. Instead I greeted the end stunned with nothing but silence and confusion. Now of course after many listens I have all those thoughts and questions and yearnings (namely for RES to kill off some parts in some songs XD)... but it took so long to develop... I felt like my mind was barricaded by the music... once I was familiarized with it I figured out how to get around the hinderance... does that make sense? Probly not... >_<
Ok... here's some afterthoughts. Ok, Ryo didn't write any songs. Soooo he gets a beating like I promised... lol. But he really shines on this album even if he didn't write any songs. The majority of basslines are completely worthy of praise. I think that for some tracks Satsuki's vocal quality and range wasn't really played to it's stregnths... lots more screaming then I was expecting on this album. Then again it doesn't seem fitting for the songs not to have them. I have to say you made it hard for me to sing along Satsuki... and I don't mean those high notes... I mean your slurs, screams, and bad engrish makes it hard to know which line you are singing much less sing with you... LOL! I couldn't follow most of the time. XD Man... the guitars... I was simply astounded and thoroughly impressed with the guitars. Lots of really wonderful moments for guitar on this album. Passed my expectations for sure and I'd have to say that they are probly the backbone of the music. The real support and stregnth the songs. Only complaint that occasionally they made it a bit difficult to pay attention to drums and they obscured the bass. Drums... sadly... I wasn't very focused much on drums... even after many many listens. It's sad cause they are usually what I pay attention to most. Some songs or parts really grabbed me, but for the most part I wasn't really captivated. I had high hopes for you Mika... I guess this is the end of our affair... lol dont ask. Apart from a few strands of the fibers woven into these new songs almost unnoticed... those that made up the unique sound of the old Rentrer en Soi... it feels as if the old ReS is a thing of the past. It's very sad but very refreshing at the same time... they are moving forward. Some parts felt kind of typical but most of the time with a RES twist if that makes sense. They certainly didn't let me down. I kinda thought at first when I didn't feel much of anything that I was disappointed but it's apparent now I was mistaken. XDD
They are off to a good start with this new style. They nearly nailed it. It needs some fine tuning and more originality in some places. For now I give this album:
8.5... for the sole reason that no matter how many listens I give it the really typical parts stuck our like a sore thumb to me. I'd give it a 9.5 if they made it ten tracks and skipped Gedoku magai ni SUICIDE and Misemonogoya... probly perfect 10 if they murdered and disposed of that bit in JUDE and came up with something better to take it's place... revisited a few parts of that song and seasoned it with some oomph and originality it would be incredible... best song on the album... I should rewrite it and send it to Takumi and say "see this is the true potential of this song... what were you thinking crackhead? Re-make please and thanks." (pun about his head injury intended of course XDDDD) It really ruins the listening experience for me because I know they can do better... I know they have overwhelming originality... I've seen it before in their other releases. I can not lie... it was a little disheartening to hear so many parts that sounded like stuff I'd heard before numerous times. I still think it deserves many more listens because it has yet to really grow on me. I'm in a bit of shock even still nearly 18 hours since I first heard and I'm still listening... haha.
Now onto the DVD... I listened to the album so many times I actually forgot about it till like 3 hours later... lol.
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PROTOPLASM - What to say... nothing compares to having the real thing and watching it on your TV... haha... it was like I saw it for the first time. I think it's my favorite out of the 3 PVs. I like the filming techniques... camera angles... the editing. It's beautifully done. I wish you could see more of the other guys though. Satsuki is pretty and all but c'mon... not everyone is a raving mad Satsuki fan... some of us do like the other guys believe it or not... XD I think I mentioned before that I really felt it was a fitting PV for the song even though it was not what I expected. Watching that PV... I dunno... as you reach the end and there's that final verse and they are all leaving those ruins and going up the stairs... I found it was very inspiring and uplifting for some reason... I don't know why but I felt really good after it.
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Karasuiro no Taiji - Lots of imagery. Very reminiscent of themes in their music old and new but still very distant from the Mizu yume miru chouchou or Cinema Cradle PVs. It's a nice companion to the PROTOPLASM PV. Interesting storyline... gotta love Satsuki's glitterful face... XD Are those real tattoos on his hand? They changed it up a bit didn't they? The end looks different from the clip on the OHP.
? I lost the uplifted spirit somewhere in this PV... my spirit was gloomy... XD It's very depressing to me... even if Satsuki is wearing more glitter then and 8 year old girl. HAHA!
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Bunretsu LE+DD Jinkaku - wowowowowowowowowow... wow! Here comes the dead spirit. XD I didn't think I could love this song anymore then I already did, but watching it with all the live clips made it like 1,000 time more enjoyable. Maybe it had something to do with those shot of Takumi with braids... jk... haha. Oh man... he must know about my fetish! This PV made me anxious... I felt myself getting closer and closer to the screen the whole time completely entralled by what I was seeing. (and no I don't mean Satsuki's nipples... what do you take me for... -_-* ahahahahahaha) I wanted to be there so bad... I have to see RENTRER EN SOI live or I'll just die!
PKK's top picks (best not favorite):
song - Binetsuka de Shajitsu shita Shinso wa Atesaki Fumei no Tegami to Naru
PV - PROTOPLASM (it's also my favorite but it is both. Like Binetsuka the PROTOPLASM PV really got to me.)
So what did I think? Totally worth the extra money to get the limited edition if you can find it. If not... there's always the reversible porn cover for the regular press... it's not much of a loss... Satsuki's nipples come with both editions. XDDDD
Did I completely bore you all to a painful, unnecessary, and most importantly irritating death? lol... well maybe this will make up for it...
I made scans of everything. I'll try to romanize some lyrics too. I've already started since I have nothing better to do with my sick self... I'm sure someone faster and more knowledgable will beat me too it though. XD here are scans... I only scanned the limited edition except for the cover slip and obi... really the only difference is the product number on the cd... that's it really. I didn't think it worth it to scan both cds since they look exactly the same and my scanner is so crappy you can't even see the product number... lol
Postcard (rawr... sexy! Takumi looks like a dark elf lord... ahahaha XD):
Obi (ltd):
http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=191wi.jpg
Obi (regular):
CD (ltd):
DVD (ltd):
booklet (ltd):
http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=095yp.jpg
http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image=117bi1.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=128aj1.jpg
Some of you are lucky! I havnt got my copy yet, it will take a while since I asked my dad to buy it for me in Japan, since he lives there. Its so expensive buying things online.. I wish I could go to one of Res's lives! I hope they have a show or two sometime next year since I'm going to go to Japan then! I wonder if they would go to America to tour?? I think they would soon enough, But I dont even live in America 
NO WAY would they ever come to New Zealand 
)
I think they'll be here on Monday or maybe Tuesday... they checked through customs and put on a truck headed here about 4 hours ago... I doubt it'll be here tomorrow and no mail on Sundays... I hate that... who invented no mail on Sunday? 
But.......
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