I want to give a shout out to the unsung heroes of Band Maid. t-shinji - translations Orenje - documentaries Haro Matsu - Playlists BM4Life, Roger Chance, BandMaidFanATL - Reaction requests Instrumental Maid - instrumental videos Dicodec, Champ,Ryan Mear, Wave & others - analysis Maid News Network - interviews and news Maid Cafe - otherwise unavailable live performances Senji - Fan made videos Uncle Yoshi - behind the scenes and merch Local Band Smokeout, K-Ross, Old Mr. B & others - reactions to non-video and lesser known songs. Including some that cover the entire catalog.
Not to forget Ant-san of Antmusic and the Band of Maids channel full of hilarious amateur animated videos. The man who made Kanami into a Bond Girl and arranged for her to have tea one-on-one with Queen Elizabeth. ❤🌊
Who knew pigeons were 90% lungs. Miyu isn't even recorded on the album, she just sings every time someone plays the song, and her voice travels around the planet to your ears. Physics bends to Miyu's will.
I'm simply astounded at the compositional ability that manages to cram so many elements into a song that is less than three minutes long without it becoming chaotic....still catchy...
Akane is a bona fide athlete. Her ability to maintain that physical intensity for a couple of hours matches a Grand Slam tennis champion. I read that she sometimes practises for as much as 15 hours a day. And her ability to even remember all the drum notes in so many fast and complex songs is equally impressive. On top of that, she is super funny and emotionally intelligent, helping out the other Maids when they have problems. If you go to a Band-Maid okyuji and see a t-shirt that says "Gorilla Groupie," it might be me. ❤🦍
Holy Sh..t !!!!!!!! Akane and Misa are laying down a serious beat !!!!!! And totally love the way they finished it with Akane's beat !!!!!!!! Can you tell Im a drummer !!!!!! LoL. Nitt...you definitely had your coffee before this one !!!!!!!
From reading several comments I think a number agree that the opening scream is Miku. This is another aMaidzing release by the Maids. A fun reaction by NittPicc.
All the girls in Band-Maid have a relentless work ethic and have been constantly striving to improve for eleven years now. So no surprise that this latest album is so good. They inspire me. ❤🕊❤🌊❤🦍❤🥷❤👸🏻
The whole album is amazing. At the moment, and this may change because they have more great albums than most bands have good songs, so it makes it hard to pick, but I think this one might be my new favorite by them. I wonder if my neighbors have learned the lyrics yet...
I just enjoyed 2 things : 1) Great new song from new Band Maid album and 2) Your reaction and you face expression while you were listening this song! That was awesome, thank you for that!
Kanami said in her X account that the initial scream is by Miku, PO!🕊💕 Saiki said in a radio interview that the setlists of their Nov. Zepp tour will be mainly based on this new album. I can't wait to hear "Toe et moi", "Forbidden tale", "The one", and "TAMAYA!" live!«٩(*´ ꒳ `*)۶»🎵
The new album gets a 10/10 from me, although I am a little biased. 😏The songs we know are great and the brand new songs are fantastic. Band-Maid is simply amazing.
Please check out and react to "The one" from Epic Narratives. It is the power ballad of all power ballads. What inspired Mincho to write such a beautiful, emotional song? And Miku's lyrics add so much more to the song. Saiki's vocals and Miku's harmonies are some of the best yet. This is my favorite song on the cd.
Ordered mine, but still waiting for delivery, on pins and needles waiting! Also ordered the Rolling Stone JP with Band-Maid on the back cover! Kanami is a wonder, can't imagine what's going on in her head!
Kanami wrote on Instagram and showed a picture of her new Gibson Les Paul she uses on this album in backing track, so that's probably what you're hearing in the back
I've decided that of all the "new" songs on the album, this is the one I most want to see live and I most want to hear as a white-room version without the vocals. There's just so much happening that I want to be able to focus on just the music as well as seeing them playing it in person. Wow, wow, wow.
I agree, this is gonna be great live! Also, every time I listen to TeM I hear more stuff, especially some of the background layers and interjections that Kanami carefully writes in to spice things up. Thanks, Nitt!
Don't be jealous, but I got mine Wednesday. This whole album, "old" songs and new, is smashing! I can't decide which song is my favorite, but that's okay, so much goodness to consume! Band Maid is just consistently, continually excellent, it's almost impossible for any band to maintain this level of excellence, but they have done it again. NittPicc, it is so much fun watching you react to this! If only you were more expressive, LOL!!! JK. Good job, let 'er rip!
Thank you for reaction Miss Nitt Picc . Your Band Maid Sundays are one of the things that I look forward to each week. Your facial expressions and unabashed joy with each new song brings joy to me and I’m sure many others and with your musical background you are able to open up the song so that people can appreciate the music in a way that wouldn’t otherwise. This is a greeeaat song and it seems like they are maturing in their musical abilities. Thank you again for the reaction and have a good week with the kiddos.
"It's me, po. All screaming is me.". (Miku responds to interviewer for Why, Why, Why). And Kanami said : "Saiki never do that". Toi et Moi is freaking awesome song. But Saiki et Miku don't use French enough for me.😆Thanks NittPick.
in the comments section of the audio post read what i think sums up this track best -- it's a clear showcase of mincho-zilla's mastery of "wtf is this?!"
Welcome Home Princess NittPicc, po! I hope your Band Maid Sunday is going wonderfully well for you. I also hope you get your album soon. I think you will find there are a lot of pleasant surprises peppered throughout the album. Please take very good care of yourself and I hope you have an amazing week. As usual, I am looking forward to the next Band Maid Sunday with the awesome Princess NittPicc, po!
Absolutely splendid review of a very clever composed song - one of my favorites on this masterpiece of an album. I absolutely appreciate your sense for subtle details, your well trained ears as well as your broad knowledge about different music styles and music theory which you are able to weave in seamlessly and understandable in your explanations. I also like that you are one of the few reactors who realizes that Kanami's approach to compose a song seems rather be a classical or Jazz approach (the integral perfect puzzle of all musical elements of the band - soundscapes first) than the "classical" Garage Rock Band approach (Guitars, Guitars and more Guitars and some vocals first). Your insights are a real added value for me and my own interpretations. Thank you for this. It's always like a free refresher lesson in music education. Beside that, it's just pure joy to see your unvarnished enthusiasm listening to the masterpieces of the greatest rock band of our decade. What's not to love about NittPicc and Band-Maid? Kind regards from across the Atlantic (Switzerland). Looking forward for the next one - or even a full album review?
I received my copy of Epic Narratives today (Monday, UK time), direct from Japan, and the whole album is just awesome. 'Toi et Moi' definitely gives you an idea of what the rest of the album is like.
If you liked that you should do 'Black Hole' next. It's paired with it's opposite, 'Manners' which is a Blues Groove. But it has similar elements to this, only more so. It's a masterpiece!
Super unimportant thing: When I first started learning French, I was taught "CaReFuL". As a rule of thumb, those are the only consonants you would pronounce alone at the end of a word if the next word doesn't start with a vowel sound. So "et" wouldn't have the "t" pronounced. (Languages are complicated.) On topic, I love the album. Can't wait until you get to TAMAYA! some day. It's not the most impressive song on the album, but it is by far my favorite because it feels so good.
good react as always, i'm french canadian and let me tell you how you prononced the "et" in the title your toi and moi are perfect but in the word et the t is invisible it only prononced in french é the best phonetic equal in english it sound like the letter a.... toi "a" moi. I'm happy because this album two title in french with magie (magic in french) I received mine last friday and it's a great album
You must have ordered from Amazon Japan. After so many issues with how slow they ship I used CD Japan this time and other than DHL screwing up, I still got my discs by Friday. Last time I got it the morning after the release.
This song is similar in several ways to "Why Why Why" from Unseen World, a song you would probably really dig. Have been enjoying your comments a lot--please keep it up!
Pretty sure miku does the yell in the beginning she also does it for why why why and they a funny prime video I think that has misa trying the yell but doesn’t hit as hard 😂
Greetings, I received my Limited edition last Tuesday. I have listened to the cd about five times already. In my opinion I believe the album is pure progressive rock. I don't know if any of you know Band-Maid created their own management company. The company is called "MAIDIT", they should have done that many years ago. Great reaction 👍👍
Nittpicc, I know I have criticized you for failing to mention Miku in your past Band-Maid reaction videos but I’d like to say “thank you” for ending this reaction by thanking Miku for creating this band. I think your one of the top five reactors when it comes down to Band-Maid and I appreciate your breakdown of how each member is contributing to each song and pointing out what each instrument is doing, but there are five instruments (Saiki’s voice being one of them) playing together. In future BM reactions, could you please listen to what Miku is playing on rhythm guitar and/or what she is doing vocally and give us your insight on what she’s doing in these songs because your followers would probably appreciate that as well. No hard feelings N.P. ☮️
No worries! I hate that it feels like I’m over looking her parts via her playing and singing. I do break down a lot of what she does on Patreon since I have a score to the music and can see what she’s doing. It’s harder when Saiki’s gorgeous voice is covering up all the musical lines. Miku is the back bone of the band. It’s 100% fact.
I want to give a shout out to the unsung heroes of Band Maid.
t-shinji - translations
Orenje - documentaries
Haro Matsu - Playlists
BM4Life, Roger Chance, BandMaidFanATL
- Reaction requests
Instrumental Maid - instrumental videos
Dicodec, Champ,Ryan Mear, Wave & others - analysis
Maid News Network - interviews and news
Maid Cafe - otherwise unavailable live performances
Senji - Fan made videos
Uncle Yoshi - behind the scenes and merch
Local Band Smokeout, K-Ross, Old Mr. B & others - reactions to non-video and lesser known songs. Including some that cover the entire catalog.
Not to forget Ant-san of Antmusic and the Band of Maids channel full of hilarious amateur animated videos.
The man who made Kanami into a Bond Girl and arranged for her to have tea one-on-one with Queen Elizabeth. ❤🌊
Those Miku screams! 🔥
Who knew pigeons were 90% lungs. Miyu isn't even recorded on the album, she just sings every time someone plays the song, and her voice travels around the planet to your ears. Physics bends to Miyu's will.
On Moi et Toi, Miku probably said, "So Dany, you got a chance to do your primal scream, now hear mine!"
Reminds me especially of the Miku yells in "Why Why Why"!
@@kla4600 Same here. Or maybe Flying High
Miku has always been the screamer in Band-Maid. Remember the song "screaming"?
I'm simply astounded at the compositional ability that manages to cram so many elements into a song that is less than three minutes long without it becoming chaotic....still catchy...
So true and she does that on oh so many other songs.
I can't understand how Akane can play one of their concerts and not be totally exhausted. If I had to play like Akane does I would sleep for a week
I said the same thing when I heard Shambles !!!!!!
It's why she eats Bananas during the show...feeding her muscles potassium
@@markbaker8255 I don't care how many bananas she eats she still blows my mind with the amount of energy she plays with and how long she does it
Bananas and ramen
Akane is a bona fide athlete. Her ability to maintain that physical intensity for a couple of hours matches a Grand Slam tennis champion. I read that she sometimes practises for as much as 15 hours a day.
And her ability to even remember all the drum notes in so many fast and complex songs is equally impressive.
On top of that, she is super funny and emotionally intelligent, helping out the other Maids when they have problems.
If you go to a Band-Maid okyuji and see a t-shirt that says "Gorilla Groupie," it might be me.
❤🦍
I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it. The bass tones and mixes on the entire album are 🔥. Misa shines on every track, and I'm here for it.
We thought Unseen World was MISA's album. Lucky for us, she asked us to hold her beer.
Band-Maid leveled up, which is surprising since we already heard so many of the songs!
They did with each album really and i have no idea where they are gonna stop ascending to XD
I can't cope. How are they this good? The riffs! The drums! The oo-ooOOoohs and aa-aaAAaahs! The drums again!
Holy Sh..t !!!!!!!! Akane and Misa are laying down a serious beat !!!!!! And totally love the way they finished it with Akane's beat !!!!!!!!
Can you tell Im a drummer !!!!!! LoL. Nitt...you definitely had your coffee before this one !!!!!!!
I haven’t heard a single complaint that these new songs aren’t complex enough.
Twah ay Mwah...has some sick, heavy riffing...and several massive Miku screams ! So much to love ! Thanks Miss Picc-olo...❤️
😁👍🍻
@@brunobryant4846 Since receiving your Akane Stix, I thought you were too important to associate with the likes of me...😝 Privileged b*stard...😘
From reading several comments I think a number agree that the opening scream is Miku. This is another aMaidzing release by the Maids. A fun reaction by NittPicc.
War cries Miku!!
😁👍🍻
All the girls in Band-Maid have a relentless work ethic and have been constantly striving to improve for eleven years now. So no surprise that this latest album is so good.
They inspire me.
❤🕊❤🌊❤🦍❤🥷❤👸🏻
The whole album is amazing. At the moment, and this may change because they have more great albums than most bands have good songs, so it makes it hard to pick, but I think this one might be my new favorite by them.
I wonder if my neighbors have learned the lyrics yet...
a shout out to the engineer. They did a great job keeping the musical balance.
I just enjoyed 2 things : 1) Great new song from new Band Maid album and 2) Your reaction and you face expression while you were listening this song! That was awesome, thank you for that!
I think those were Pigeon screams, but even if that’s our ice queen it’s still epic!
Kanami said in her X account that the initial scream is by Miku, PO!🕊💕
Saiki said in a radio interview that the setlists of their Nov. Zepp tour will be mainly based on this new album. I can't wait to hear "Toe et moi", "Forbidden tale", "The one", and "TAMAYA!" live!«٩(*´ ꒳ `*)۶»🎵
The new album gets a 10/10 from me, although I am a little biased. 😏The songs we know are great and the brand new songs are fantastic. Band-Maid is simply amazing.
Please check out and react to "The one" from Epic Narratives. It is the power ballad of all power ballads. What inspired Mincho to write such a beautiful, emotional song? And Miku's lyrics add so much more to the song. Saiki's vocals and Miku's harmonies are some of the best yet. This is my favorite song on the cd.
Ordered mine, but still waiting for delivery, on pins and needles waiting! Also ordered the Rolling Stone JP with Band-Maid on the back cover! Kanami is a wonder, can't imagine what's going on in her head!
Kanami wrote on Instagram and showed a picture of her new Gibson Les Paul she uses on this album in backing track, so that's probably what you're hearing in the back
I just to like to describe Kanami's playing as an easter egg, you just keep on finding.
Kanami's "less is more" is just a different "less is more" than other people. 🤣😂🤣
Great job Miss Picc. FUNK-MAID is one of my favorite MAID genres.
I've decided that of all the "new" songs on the album, this is the one I most want to see live and I most want to hear as a white-room version without the vocals. There's just so much happening that I want to be able to focus on just the music as well as seeing them playing it in person. Wow, wow, wow.
I agree, this is gonna be great live! Also, every time I listen to TeM I hear more stuff, especially some of the background layers and interjections that Kanami carefully writes in to spice things up. Thanks, Nitt!
Don't be jealous, but I got mine Wednesday. This whole album, "old" songs and new, is smashing! I can't decide which song is my favorite, but that's okay, so much goodness to consume! Band Maid is just consistently, continually excellent, it's almost impossible for any band to maintain this level of excellence, but they have done it again. NittPicc, it is so much fun watching you react to this! If only you were more expressive, LOL!!! JK. Good job, let 'er rip!
Thank you for reaction Miss Nitt Picc . Your Band Maid Sundays are one of the things that I look forward to each week. Your facial expressions and unabashed joy with each new song brings joy to me and I’m sure many others and with your musical background you are able to open up the song so that people can appreciate the music in a way that wouldn’t otherwise. This is a greeeaat song and it seems like they are maturing in their musical abilities. Thank you again for the reaction and have a good week with the kiddos.
"It's me, po. All screaming is me.". (Miku responds to interviewer for Why, Why, Why). And Kanami said : "Saiki never do that". Toi et Moi is freaking awesome song. But Saiki et Miku don't use French enough for me.😆Thanks NittPick.
in the comments section of the audio post read what i think sums up this track best -- it's a clear showcase of mincho-zilla's mastery of "wtf is this?!"
Welcome Home Princess NittPicc, po! I hope your Band Maid Sunday is going wonderfully well for you. I also hope you get your album soon. I think you will find there are a lot of pleasant surprises peppered throughout the album. Please take very good care of yourself and I hope you have an amazing week. As usual, I am looking forward to the next Band Maid Sunday with the awesome Princess NittPicc, po!
When you have to ask "Did that happen before", just remember - it's Band-Maid.
MISA MISA MISA!!!!! Mincho showing MISA is not the only one with Funk in their sound.
Great reaction/review of this song.
Absolutely splendid review of a very clever composed song - one of my favorites on this masterpiece of an album. I absolutely appreciate your sense for subtle details, your well trained ears as well as your broad knowledge about different music styles and music theory which you are able to weave in seamlessly and understandable in your explanations. I also like that you are one of the few reactors who realizes that Kanami's approach to compose a song seems rather be a classical or Jazz approach (the integral perfect puzzle of all musical elements of the band - soundscapes first) than the "classical" Garage Rock Band approach (Guitars, Guitars and more Guitars and some vocals first). Your insights are a real added value for me and my own interpretations. Thank you for this. It's always like a free refresher lesson in music education. Beside that, it's just pure joy to see your unvarnished enthusiasm listening to the masterpieces of the greatest rock band of our decade. What's not to love about NittPicc and Band-Maid? Kind regards from across the Atlantic (Switzerland). Looking forward for the next one - or even a full album review?
there is only one word for this song, Unhinged
You are great. I love to watch your BM reaction. Great song!!!
You are LATE! JK welcome to a new banger album by our fav Maids and my personal fav Band since a few years
It's a bloomin great album
As I've said elsewhere, an extremely mature album.
I ordered mine from hmv, and they just send it out today
It's taken me several plays through of the album to really begin to appreciate it. BTW thr blu-ray of their DAY OF THE MAID concert is very good too.
Can't wait to hear this new material live. It's going to be a wild ride!
I’m getting my copy of the album tomorrow
Tiny little Miku has the lungs of a whale. And apparently, she's not a good girl anymore...! 🙂 By the way, the "et" is pronounced like the "e" in olé.
Miku never was a goodie goodie though. A mischievous pigeon with attitude ❤
I shut my eyes and tried to imagine in my head something big and ominous approaching when that solo ends and Misa starts her bass part
It was clearly a Miku scream... as she has done on 4 or 5 other Band-Maid songs.
Definitely Miku screaming. Saiki doesn't typically go that high :)
I received my copy of Epic Narratives today (Monday, UK time), direct from Japan, and the whole album is just awesome. 'Toi et Moi' definitely gives you an idea of what the rest of the album is like.
Woohoo!
Instant classic Band-Maid song. Instant.
I didn't listen to any videos until I got mine and could listen to it. Band Maid goes off.
Love this one! This is my favorite at this point. Thanks for sharing your reaction!
Mine just cleared customs...anyday now!?!
If you liked that you should do 'Black Hole' next. It's paired with it's opposite, 'Manners' which is a Blues Groove. But it has similar elements to this, only more so. It's a masterpiece!
Super unimportant thing: When I first started learning French, I was taught "CaReFuL". As a rule of thumb, those are the only consonants you would pronounce alone at the end of a word if the next word doesn't start with a vowel sound. So "et" wouldn't have the "t" pronounced. (Languages are complicated.)
On topic, I love the album. Can't wait until you get to TAMAYA! some day. It's not the most impressive song on the album, but it is by far my favorite because it feels so good.
Band-Maid Sunday with another great reaction!
Could they make this song anymore epic…Epic Narrative!
🤘🕊️🦍🥷👸🏻👀PO!
MISA!!! MISA!!! MISA!!! 🥃🥃🥃🤙🏽
good react as always, i'm french canadian and let me tell you how you prononced the "et" in the title your toi and moi are perfect but in the word et the t is invisible it only prononced in french é the best phonetic equal in english it sound like the letter a.... toi "a" moi. I'm happy because this album two title in french with magie (magic in french) I received mine last friday and it's a great album
Thank you for the this! ❤️❤️❤️
You must have ordered from Amazon Japan. After so many issues with how slow they ship I used CD Japan this time and other than DHL screwing up, I still got my discs by Friday. Last time I got it the morning after the release.
I got it Wednesday and listened to once amazing album 🤘🏻🫶🏼🤘🏻
This song is similar in several ways to "Why Why Why" from Unseen World, a song you would probably really dig. Have been enjoying your comments a lot--please keep it up!
Pretty sure miku does the yell in the beginning she also does it for why why why and they a funny prime video I think that has misa trying the yell but doesn’t hit as hard 😂
Kobato is official Band-Maid screamer po. Not Sai-chan.
Fly, scream, eat horse, poop on statue - is all official Small Pigeon business po.
❤🕊❤👸🏻
Good morning, thank you… and… pretty sure all those screams are Miku.
Can't believe you haven't reacted to (Memorable) or (About Us) yet!!!!! Thank you for what you do!!!!!
I'm getting my copy on Monday. Ordered it along with Hagane, NEK!, and Bridear from CDJapan
Greetings, I received my Limited edition last Tuesday. I have listened to the cd about five times already. In my opinion I believe the album is pure progressive rock. I don't know if any of you know Band-Maid created their own management company. The company is called "MAIDIT", they should have done that many years ago. Great reaction 👍👍
well done Nitt Picc
🤘🏽🔥
its not a BAND-MAID album without some Miku belts
lol still waiting on my copy as well
💋
Nittpicc, I know I have criticized you for failing to mention Miku in your past Band-Maid reaction videos but I’d like to say “thank you” for ending this reaction by thanking Miku for creating this band. I think your one of the top five reactors when it comes down to Band-Maid and I appreciate your breakdown of how each member is contributing to each song and pointing out what each instrument is doing, but there are five instruments (Saiki’s voice being one of them) playing together. In future BM reactions, could you please listen to what Miku is playing on rhythm guitar and/or what she is doing vocally and give us your insight on what she’s doing in these songs because your followers would probably appreciate that as well. No hard feelings N.P. ☮️
No worries! I hate that it feels like I’m over looking her parts via her playing and singing.
I do break down a lot of what she does on Patreon since I have a score to the music and can see what she’s doing.
It’s harder when Saiki’s gorgeous voice is covering up all the musical lines.
Miku is the back bone of the band. It’s 100% fact.
I think this is the song that Saiki read the lyrics and asked Miku if everything was okay? 😂
It's written by Miku but sounds more like Saiki's for some reason.
i have not yet received mine either -- bummer
Am I crazy or isn't that Kobato on the intro screams?
From what I’ve been told, it’s Miku doing the belting. I had no idea! But I should’ve known. 😅
Can't wait to hear live versions as well. Hopefully in Japan later on.
I ordered mine really really really early and I'm pissed off because I still haven't received it