Inspired by the weekly reading thread by @Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml, I’ve decided to begin posting a weekly listening thread as a space to discuss things we’ve been listening to recently.

So, have at it! Popular or classical, western or non-western, communist or even anti-communist, feel free to mention any and all kinds of music here.

  • chinawatcherwatcher@lemmygrad.mlOPM
    3·
    3 months ago

    whoa, this is super cool! never heard of it before. very 80s rock + game soundtrack + epic opera.

    what are your conflicting feelings regarding the narrative?

    • certified sinonist@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      You’re in for a treat! It’s an incredibly creative and novel rock opera. First album came out in 2005, second in 2009, so there’s been a big wait for this third release. The whole premise is loosely based on the Megaman IP, giving it nerdshit cred. You have some catching up to do for sure. If you check it out, definitely watch a video that includes the liner notes + lyrics.

      Narrative wise I wouldn’t want to spoil anything, but it must have been really tricky to meet the expectations of a 16 year wait.

      • chinawatcherwatcher@lemmygrad.mlOPM
        2·
        3 months ago

        thanks for the tip, i’m sure reading the libretto will make it a lot more understandable than not haha. has it ever been performed live, or is it purely recorded?

        yeah that makes sense regarding the long wait, i’m sure the anticipation was in some ways overflowing. at least it came out in the first place! i feel like sometimes with these huge projects they can get so overblown and feature crept that the final entry never comes out at all.