Despite being stylistically all-over-the-place, and hindered by “Tokyo: Sea of Loser / Donors for USA” ’s elongation breaking up the flow, Moenai Hai is a compelling reflection of Juntaro Yamanouchi’s absence.
Have you ever experienced loneliness?
I'm not talking about not seeing anyone for a day, two days, a week, being separated from your girlfriend for a month or a flop in a talk show. I'm talking about another kind of loneliness, the loneliness of the soul. The one that forbids any communication with others, the one of the autistic person locked up in his inner world. Thank God, I've never known this kind of loneliness, but I know of one who spent his life spitting it in our faces: Juntaro ... read more
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The Gerogerigegege's first album in nearly two decades can be described in many words. Depressing, crushing, lonely, emotional... and underwhelming. This was definitely one of the most disappointing albums I've ever listened to, especially since I was sure I was gonna love it. I mean, noise rock? Drone? Ambience? I love this stuff! Why don't I love this?
Most of this album is dark ambient - which is a genre I like quite a bit - but the way that Moenai Hai tackles it is kinda poor, for ... read more
Started dark and ominous and then slammed me in the face with some of the most ear deafening sounds ever, then went back to even more ominous desolate silence but this time i was scared shtless i would get jumpscared again AND OF COURSE IT FCKING HAPPENED, way to fck with me geroiaintwritingallat
Score is probably not definitive as i was in a bus (i know, i regret listening to it there) and couldn't manage to fully immerse myself in this, i almost didn't hear the ambience at all at first, i've ... read more
A horror epic almost, Yamanouchi traumatises the viewer by placing a Noise Rock masterpiece mixed to shit with the only foreshadowing being a four count on sticks. Even if you don't like the weird ambient pieces, PLEASE LISTEN TO TRACK 2.
ゲロゲリゲゲゲ is their best song so far and 西河の果て is pretty cool but the last 2 tracks are so BORING they bring the whole project down backstory pretty cool also but im not feeling the music sorry
I’ve only heard two projects from The Gerogerigegege prior to this one, specifically Tokyo Anal Dynamite and Showa, I had nothing positive to say about either, granted Showa is a joke album and I viewed it as such. Tokyo Anal Dynamite is not a joke album as far as my knowledge goes and it is a project that I found very boring, and I expected much the same from Moenai Hai, it turns out I was mostly right, but it isn’t boring for the same reasons as Tokyo Amal Dynamite.
Moenai Hai is ... read more
1 | 西河の果て / Out of Saiga 7:57 | 86 |
2 | ゲロゲリゲゲゲ / The Gerogerigegege 15:20 | 95 |
3 | 敗残兵士達の海 / Tokyo〜Sea of Losers/Donors for USA 22:06 | 74 |
4 | 最期の調律 / Final Tuning 8:05 | 75 |