Like people say they have released the same song for 10 years now lol, if this was a western band do you guys think they would have many fans sticking with them? Lynch has been so generic for so long now.
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Iām biased since I see lynch. regularly, but I think theyāre a pretty live-focused band.
Iāve never felt much with most of their audio tracks (except maybe half of ultima and a bunch of their best ballads) but their live shows are a whole different beast. I think their lives have the best call-and-response in their generation and bracket (in terms of crowd size).
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This has always been an interesting perspective to me. I canāt ever speak to vkei from a live perspective because I hardly have a chance to see these bands live. Especially in Japan since I aināt ever set foot on the magical island of Nippon.
Iām sure the feeling that songs like āgod only knowsā generates is a blast in those settings. But Iāve always been in the boat that a piece of music should be great both at a live and in the studio as well. Afterall, a truly wonderful album has depth, polish, or just plain ass catchiness that survives many seasons and the mediums in which people can access and listen to it.
But I think itās a double edged sword because you might run across songs that sound amazing on the studio version, however, when played live it lacks the same oomph because itās challenging or impossible to replicate the same sound. Iāll give lynch. credit for being consistent for the live fans.
In the end, music production + playing songs lives is not a science, and I think, depending on what a band wants to focus on, you get varying results. Hence, you get different reactions from the fanbase depending on how they experience and interact with the bandās activities.
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I definitely agree. This might one of be the things that are preventing them from having more overseas appeal. When I first heard of them online in the no makeup era, I wasnāt interested in their sound or their visuals. (I didnāt seek out their older work on my own, just passively consumed what I saw on my LJ feed)
I donāt think I fully saw their appeal until I saw them live after covid, either.
There are definitely bands that Iāve never seen live but think have 10/10 audio tracks, so I get where youāre coming from too.
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I didnāt mean Lynch specifically (agree about them), I replied about bands changing their sound in general. Sometimes bands do it successfully.
Yes people absolutely still like artists who do the same stuff all over again. Tbh I think itās more safe to keep your fanbase with this approach. Most people want more of what they already like. Thatās why spotify algorithm works so well for casual listeners. Because it gives you more of the same thing you already liked. 
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The thing is, they arenāt just doing āthe same thingā all over again, but theyāre objectively copying riffs/melodies from old songs. Itās not just a hyperbole, but literally the same song in many cases.
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