I'm absolutely in love with The Novembers. nuff said.
haha ok actually no..
It's surprising how many The Novembers songs I actually recognized in their set!! Seriously! I wasn't able to sing to the songs but I actually knew the songs, WOW!
BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
what clenched my heart was that... They played AMULET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually, I was hoping they play chernobyl (I like this song better, actually) coz they seem to play that song more often, but surprisingly they actually played AMULET!!!!!!!!!!!
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh BLISS!
Ima go their shows from now on!!
Anyway, I don't know many of The Novembers' song coz... their songs are a quite post rock. Muffled vocals drowned in grungy loud guitars with overflowing bass and crazy drumming... So, basically, not completely my cup of tea.
BUT.
The Novembers were one of those bands that I had been listening to on a continuous loop in the few months before I left Malaysia. I got hooked to their songs Amulet and Chernobyl, which is kick ass awesome. I can still see the road driving to Nilai where I taught in Ichikoh (a company) and listening to Amulet and Chernobyl. So, their songs still color my memories of the time before I left Malaysia.
SHOW:
So anyway, the show... The Novembers were the second band to play after this instrumental guitar band, that was just incredible with their driving guitars and crazy ass riffs.
It's my first time seeing The Novembers. Always failed to go for their shows and ACTUALLLLLLY, I also missed getting the tickets for THIS show and it sold out.. However, actually, this show was originally suppose to be on MARCH 11, YES, the day of the BIG EARTHQUAKE. So, the show was cancelled and postpone. SO, in the postponement, some people canceled their tickets so there were still a few tickets left and HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL I dragged my lazy ass to Shindaita Fever and lined up for a ticket!
SO there I was!
Anyway, their set was quite short. 7 - 8 songs.
BUTTTTTTTTTTT
oh man... If I thought Riki Kinoshita doesn't talk at live shows, The Novembers beat them hands down.
NONE of the members spoke at all the whole show. They rolled from one song to the next just pausing for "arigatou" and tuning. I think at the END, the vocalist FINALLY introduced the band's name,said his thanks to everyone and to Dip for the invitation to play together in the event and that was it.
AMAZING.
They didn't bother to talk about merch, tours and all those customary subjects bands should cover in their MCs.
WONDERFUL.
I'm smitten!
Anyway, I digress.
I don't know if it was just the composition of the audience or what, since this is a Dip event, but I'm somewhat disappointed by the crowd. Here there was this band playing incredibly intense, heartfelt energy all encompassing song and EVERYONE was just standing there, like sticks.
sigh.
Japan.
Anyway, as mentioned, the highlight of the show for me was when they played Amulet. I couldn't believe that they played it. But it was really surreal to hear it live.
But, as mentioned, I was very very surprised that I actually recognized and knew a lot of the songs they played. Which was nice, because it meant that I was not bored! haha..
But seriously, I am totally smitten.
Gonna try my best to go for every The Novembers show in Tokyo, if possible.
Yes.
So my 2en:
CD-able: most definitely.
Show-able: most definitely..
one-man-live-able: yes, because it probably means they'd probably play BOTH Amulet and Chernobyl! haha..
Setlist: (WOW! I found it!)
Misstopia
New Song
アマレット
New Song
New Song
dysphoria
こわれる
白痴
ガムシロップ
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