They released their new music video 'alien' through a frustratingly time-consuming campaign released 02/06/13 which involved clicking on tons of clicks to find the 'Atari' (correct) link.
The song 'Alien' is probably one of the craziest MTH songs, yet weirdly one of the most accessible. The first half sounds almost like a mess, kept in line through Ryō and Daisuke-Han's vocals and there are breakdowns (incredibly heavy ones) galore. The lyrics are as weird as ever, referencing Jedis at one point. The first half closes with a much-missed slap part from Ue-chan. The music video shows them playing to an audience.
Now, MTH are known for their unique mixture of hardcore and j-pop influenced music. HOWEVER it would be safe to say that the second half of this 'Alien' is one of the most j-pop choruses to come from MTH. The music video also changes, showing an blond anime princess while the drummer Nao takes over, singing the word 'Alien' in her most teen-idol way possible. It's almost like a lullaby. The song then progresses into a huge sing-along of 'Winny stop' (Winny is a p2p site in Japan), with the band playing on stage as if on a Japanese music show. This theme is further continued when the whole video ends with MTH logo shown in the style of the NHK logo.
Finally the video ends in classic MTH style with an joke-y argument between Nao and Daisuke-Han on 'Winny'.
A new album was also announced, for a release on 31st of July 2013, with 15 new songs!!
The song was awesome! Would you mind to post a translation of the lyrics or the final Nao/Daisuke joke if it's possible? Thanks much!
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid the music video is nowhere to be found on the internet...
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