2nd verse make the song even more refreshing!

Thanks @TGE .love.

Wow, the song's awesome, fell even more in love with the guitar riffs. Can't wait to read the official lyrics, its sounds like gonna be an inspirational one. 
And the PV is gonna rock!

It's really good, I love it!

I was expecting a solo or something but full version is actually quite good without it.

Can't wait to hear the instrumental as well.

Masterpiece is instrumentally strong, as you all said. I like it.

victor_survive wrote:It's really good, I love it!

I was expecting a solo or something but full version is actually quite good without it.

Can't wait to hear the instrumental as well.

Masterpiece is a great song, they really know how to compose awesome rock songs.  .clap.

I was also expecting a more traditional guitar solo, but I really like when Mami uses her Digitech Whammy pedal to create unexpected sounds. I hope they will release an album with the same mood in a few months.

I wonder if Mabataki will be a completely different song?

izzy wrote:I wonder if Mabataki will be a completely different song?

It will be. RINA said during the first LINE LIVE that it's the complete opposite of "Masterpiece."

https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t14567-line-live-specials-to-celebrate-scandal-s-new-single#761589

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:

izzy wrote:I wonder if Mabataki will be a completely different song?

It will be. RINA said during the first LINE LIVE that it's the complete opposite of "Masterpiece."

https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t14567-line-live-specials-to-celebrate-scandal-s-new-single#761589

Thanks for the summary, at least we can expect a slower song!    
Can't wait to discover Mabataki...

Love the whole song! I could just loop the riff into infinity lol

Well I'm definitely getting the prism calendar thing, but not sure about which clear file I am getting, kinda hope its the one with all the members on them  .smile. But whichever one I get, I'll be happy with.

I'm about to buy the Amazon pre-order regular edition with the prism calendar- anyone know what A4 folder it comes with? Is it the Tomomi one?

mampo wrote:I'm about to buy the Amazon pre-order regular edition with the prism calendar- anyone know what A4 folder it comes with? Is it the Tomomi one?

If you order it before 11:59 pm JST tonight, you'll also get the SCANDAL clear file with all of them on it.

After tonight, the only bonus that will come with Amazon orders is the calendar.

https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t14570-new-single-masterpiece-mabataki#761545

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:

mampo wrote:I'm about to buy the Amazon pre-order regular edition with the prism calendar- anyone know what A4 folder it comes with? Is it the Tomomi one?

If you order it before 11:59 pm JST tonight, you'll also get the SCANDAL clear file with all of them on it.

After tonight, the only bonus that will come with Amazon orders is the calendar.

https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t14570-new-single-masterpiece-mabataki#761545

wow so I get the Tomomi folder, group pic folder, and the calendar?? that's awesome lol thanks, I ordered it last night  .clap.

mampo wrote:wow so I get the Tomomi folder, group pic folder, and the calendar?? that's awesome lol thanks, I ordered it last night  .clap.

Sorry, should have been more clear. The TOMOMI file does NOT come with Amazon orders.

This is the list of stores that will be offering the TOMO file, and Amazon is NOT one of them.

What I was trying to say is that the file that will come with Amazon orders is the SCANDAL file and NOT the TOMO one.


So, what will come with the Amazon orders (placed before 3/10 11:59 pm JST) are these TWO things only:

1. Calendar
2. SCANDAL clear file

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:

So, what will come with the Amazon orders (placed before 3/10 11:59 pm JST) are these TWO things only:

1. Calendar
2. SCANDAL clear file

Good news to me, I don't think i can bare having a fold with just one member on them, rather have the whole band on one lol

I totally love the opening riff of the song.

My small personal critique: The song feels to "packed" as if they really wanted to show all of what they can do. So many different parts. A simpler construction might be easier to listen to. But hot damn - it's still quite catchy.

Ugh, so "Mabataki" was played on the radio for the first time earlier today, but I didn't realize it fast enough and only managed to tune in during the last few seconds. The program it played on still isn't up for on-demand listening, but hopefully it'll be available soon and I'll be able to post it.

From the few seconds I heard, it definitely does sound like the complete opposite of "Masterpiece"; it's a lot slower and softer, and the ending instrumentals sound almost dreamy and use synth/keyboard–it's kind of like "Short Short" meets "I want you" lol

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:Ugh, so "Mabataki" was played on the radio for the first time earlier today, but I didn't realize it fast enough and only managed to tune in during the last few seconds. The program it played on still isn't up for on-demand listening, but hopefully it'll be available soon and I'll be able to post it.

Ohhh noooo !!!!  I want so much to listen to Mabataki !!!  .nosebleed.

lol

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:Ugh, so "Mabataki" was played on the radio for the first time earlier today, but I didn't realize it fast enough and only managed to tune in during the last few seconds. The program it played on still isn't up for on-demand listening, but hopefully it'll be available soon and I'll be able to post it.

So it was over in the blink of an eye?   

What radio station do you listen to? Are you using an internet tuner or do you have to VPN to Japan? I haven't had much luck finding a station that works in the US.

Thanks for keeping us updated.  

TOMOMI duetting with HARU once again. Sounds a bit 80s. Looking forward to a clearer version.

radiko the most popular streaming service geo-checks IP address and on smartphone your GPS location, so even with VPN needs to be more localised iP address to the radio station, i.e. in this case needs a Tokyo IP for J-WAVE. Unless you subscribe to their radiko Premium service.

The streams are HE-AAC48kbps encoded, so don't expect too much quality, 12 more days so not long now.

solfaman posted it on YouTube if anyone's interested. Don't know if I can post it directly here. It's cut short though, but we can hear that Tomomi sings lead for at least a few bars.

2many2no wrote:What radio station do you listen to? Are you using an internet tuner or do you have to VPN to Japan? I haven't had much luck finding a station that works in the US.

wildthing wrote:radiko the most popular streaming service geo-checks IP address and on smartphone your GPS location, so even with VPN needs to be more localised iP address to the radio station, i.e. in this case needs a Tokyo IP for J-WAVE. Unless you subscribe to their radiko Premium service.

^What he said. Unless you're a premium member, certain radio stations can only be heard in certain areas in Japan. Also, you can't use the Radiko site at all unless your IP address is located in Japan.

What I do is use a VPN and try to find an IP address in an area of Japan that receives the station that I need to tune in to. So, for this one, since J-WAVE is a Tokyo-based radio station, I needed to find an IP address located in Tokyo or another nearby prefecture.

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flyingwill wrote:solfaman posted it on YouTube if anyone's interested. Don't know if I can post it directly here. It's cut short though, but we can hear that Tomomi sings lead for at least a few bars.

I was able to get the full version which I will be posting soon on the SH Facebook.

That's a nice pop song even if (in my opinion) the chords progression seems weird at times (?)... 
I'm very happy to hear Tomomi as the lead singer of the song!