Thank you! That’s good to know!

@@WavePotter The band have just officially confirmed it today on their community post - 9pm (CDT) Sat 12th

@homegnome2429 oh nice! I literally spent an hour last night trying to find a schedule! 😂 Thank you!

I do find it kinda disappointing that they are still playing at a convention and not a propper concert venue.

@@J.D.78 I prefer to put a positive GS spin on it and see it as a first step into international travel after covid with hopefully more to come.

Interested to hear what you think of Nanmaida (track 9) once it arrives (or if you've listened on YT/streaming already?)

@@homegnome2429 No, I haven't listened to it yet, I generally try to stay away from albums until I get my copy even though I have already heard most of these tracks before over the years.

@@homegnome2429 I quickly listened to Nanmaida once, just ripped it my copy before going to work and copied it over. I will listen to the whole thing during the rest of the day, I generally listen to music from and to work. I have a feeling this track needs way more listenes to form a full opinion with all the changes, but I enjoyed it on first listen. It's probably one of the tracks with the most changes by them and it has a lot of experimentation, not sure if everybody is going to like it althouhg Gacharic Spin fans generally expect a lot of changes. I am also curious if they are going to play this live, because that's not going to be easy.

@@MaartenT Yes, I felt with all the changes and a number of the bands you've said you've enjoyed recently then this would appeal to you. If the whole album was like that song it would likely be too much for me, but for one track on the album it's really cool for me.

They've got the spelling correct in the album booklet, so don't know what happened for the video wall?!

@@homegnome2429 maybe that was the only way, the person in charge of the video wall has found, to ask for a salary rays 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thanks for the reminder Home Gnome! That’s so cool

Not only great musicians, but also just great people. I myself waited far too long before I took a closer look or listened to GS, although I've heard and read their name again and again for years. I'm angry with myself on the one hand, but at the same time, I couldn't be happier that I did it. They and their music have become one of my most important companions.

Did they meet during NAONのYAON? I believe I saw some pictures with Yoyoka and a lot of artists back then and Gacharic Spin is there every year. Talking about drummers, I always knew yuri was a very good drummer that was a bit overlooked because of Hana being the previous drummer (and yuri isn't as flashy), but the stuff she pulls of on this album (in replica for example) is pretty impressive. Hopefully the naysayers will also see that she deserves to be in the band.

@@MaartenT I believe that is where they met. I think I saw a backstage photo with some of GS and Yoyoka.

They switched labels from Victor, who didn't seem to care too much about them any more and actively disliked youtube in the past to Nippon Crown/Crown Stones, Band-Maid's old label who saw with Band-Maid that you can grow a band through youtube. I can guarantee you they (both their label and the band) are working very hard on it.

@@MaartenT it is curious that wave had more followers then GS. They have been around longer than Band Maid but have so few follows. I really like their current line up and style. Especially the current lead singer.

@@grumpyguy7656 I am still retlatively new to them (only from when MindSet dropped) even though I have heard (and own) most of their discography nowadays. I have read that they used to only put shortened versions of their MV's online because they sold the MV's on the limited editions of their albums and EP's (which I know for a fact they did owning a bunch of them). That probably doesn't help with getting people to subscribed to your channel. They also have a lot of stuff behind their fanclub paywal (but I guess a lot of Japanese bands do including Band-Maid). They apparently uploaded a whole bunch of the old MV's to their channel later on, but even Forever 9teen only got a short official version and the full MV was only available for people who bought a livestreamed concert. I am not sure if it was a decission by the band or Victor, but I have a feeling it might be Victor with how much they apparently used to block. That said, they seem pretty lenient for Lovebites for some reason, so who knows. It's obviously always a difficult decission either way since it's their livelyhood. And yes, I really like the current lineup as well (it's probably my favourite), but all of them are worth checking out. I probably like the original lineup the least but I also haven't seen too much from that lineup and I know Armmy was really beloved as well, there is no question the band wouldn't have been what it is today without her. It's just that footage is more difficult to come by and it was a relatively short lineup.