Album arts + tracklisting: Perfume - LEVEL3

Here be's the album cover for Perfume's 4th studio album LEVEL3. We always know what we're getting with Perfume's single / album covers. Sleek ass dresses, clean designs and Nocchi giving that leg away like free Kool-aid at a charity sale.

For those of you who are familiar with Perfume may notice something is off about this album cover. That perhaps girl in the middle is a new member. But no. That girl in the middle is our short skirt wearing pussy popper Kashiyuka…WITHOUT BANGS! Perfume's creative team have no idea what they have started with this. They have disrupted the status quo by showing us the one part of Kashiyuka’s body which we were never meant to see.

We are NEVER supposed to see Yuka without bangs. Whatever next. Nocchi in a skirt and a-chan in shorts!? Namie is so mad over this.

1. Enter the sphere
2. Spring of life (Album mix)
3. Magic of love (Album mix)
4. Clockwork
5. 1mm
6. 未来のミュージアム | Mirai no museum
7. Party Maker
8. ふりかえるといるよ | Furikaeru to iru yo
9. ポイント | Point
10. だいじょばない | Daijobanai
11. Handy man
12. Sleeping beauty
13. Spending all my time (Album mix)
14. Dream land

We get "Point", "Daijobanai" and "Handy man", but no "Hurly burly"? That shit is as shady as fuck. It's the one B-side they performed more than any other as though it was a full blown single. The penance is that we at least get "Handy man" and "Daijobanai" - both of which I only grew to like when I heard the former play during the intermission of Perfume's World tour 2nd and saw them perform the latter. It's a shame Universal don't roll how Avex do, because videos to both these songs would have gone down a treat. That "Daijobanai" routine don't play.

I am looking forward to hearing these album mixes of the singles. I shudder to think what Nakata has done to "Spring of life". And if "Spending all my time" has been reworked in the same way as the live version, then I will make me a poncho out of some white bed sheets, go to Trafalgar square with a projector and give London a ghetto re-enactment of that epic-ass World tour 2nd intro.

There were originally plans for this album to be released worldwide, although details of this amongst the reveal of the album artworks and the tracklist are currently non-existent. I guess we'll find out nearer October 2nd if a worldwide release will still go ahead. It would make complete sense for Universal to make it happen given that the girls have recently wrapped up a sell out world tour this year. There is no question that there is interest in these girls outside of Japan.

📝 Music reviews: Game | JPN | Spring of life | Spending all my time