Band-Maid Bestie. Instrumental.

[@frankandre4385]

The instrumental is really the only way to hear what Misa is doing. It's subtle...but fits the song perfectly !

[@ardyzink7928]

Finally, someone on the soundboard knows what the hell they are doing. The girls should have been mixed like this from day one. I often angered people by saying that they should listen to SCANDAL and compare them to BAND-MAID. You could hear each and every one of them without having to listen for them. And, Tomomi would lay a bass line that would be a strong foundation that carried their songs like a stone bridge. Sometimes, it was a crime how Misa was almost muted. I've waited a long time to hear BAND-MAID be presented like this. I'm impressed and I really like it. Our girls are too good to be subjected to bad sound engineering. Just wondering if Incubus had anything to do with it. ps: I am not knocking the girl's earlier hits; some of them were mixed well, but a lot weren't. I hope that whoever or whatever caused this keep it going. This inistrumental could actually stand on its own. Thanks for your work.

[@thebandofmaids]

I agree. They have had terrible mixes in the past - all of them. Thankfully the ladies talent shone through.

[@ratinatrap7815]

"Spot on" with your analysis

[@Grum-monkey]

Never had problems hearing the individual parts in the past whereas this mix sounds muddy to me with horrible distortion on the bass drum.

[@thebandofmaids]

Bring a sick bag for this ride.

[@footcandy]

Ha .. i loved the road trip. The solo was the best!

[@kakqu]

Thanks very very cool PO! The LADIES are gonna have to keep their shades on cause their future looks very BRIGHT indeed!!!!! 🕊🍌🍻☕⚾

[@drogonr9318]

This is the only band in my lifetime where I've looked forward to listening to the instrumental versions of their songs just as much as the voiced versions. And this even when the lead singer is my favorite female rock singer of all time. Amazing band.

[@stevenclark7600]

Misa is so standout in this instrumental,so many gorgeous runs and fills,,agree it is a fantastic mix.

[@charlescoleman4017]

So brilliantly done. Masterful even.

[@thebandofmaids]

It is an amazing song I can listen to over and over.

[@EdwardBarnes-z4w]

I'm all for BAND MAID but this just seems a little outta their norm ! but it's still good !

[@Kissthetoad321]

For this song, I want more of a walk in the forest. That's my feeling.

[@charlescoleman4017]

I like it. Great idea.

[@footcandy]

Oh this is perfection!!!! Can't stop it on repeat! Thanks!

[@danmolnar402]

Maybe the new album will get this mix. It sounds really nice. Hoping!

[@thebandofmaids]

Me too

[@usagi3919]

Could not read the road sign completely, but judging by what I could read, driving on the left side of the road, the farmlands, and the trees, it is a drive through the inaka of Japan somewhere early morning or late afternoon.

[@user-vb6lq9il5v]

On 98 heading west towards Numata in Hokkaido.

[@muto4055]

I wanna have a long road trip😎🚗

[@charlescoleman4017]

Excellent video, Antony-san po! The perfect driving speed for the song and I love the acrobatic driving, LOL! Was that Mincho driving? Or was it Kobato and she got distracted? Either way, a fun "twist."

[@thebandofmaids]

I usually record 25-30mins of normal speed driving and speed it up 600-700x but this song just needed a more relaxing speed 200x.

[@charlescoleman4017]

@@thebandofmaids Perfectly done, po! I think that Kobato wrote this song about her bandmates, possibly Saiki in particular. What are your thoughts about this? Such a beautiful song. This needs heavy rotation on radio airwaves!

[@thebandofmaids]

@@charlescoleman4017 Reading Kobato's mind - good luck. It could be about any of them, all of them. This song is exactly mainstream radio play content. Question is will they pick it up?

[@user-vb6lq9il5v]

This is NOT an instrumental version.

[@QuietToproll]

A good chunk of their songs have 3 guitars going at once on their studio albums. This is why they don’t sound as full live. Maybe they should add a new maid guitarist.

[@gib666]

No it is not.

[@user-vb6lq9il5v]

It is NOT an instrumental. There is no instrument playing the vocal line. This does not look to me like an official channel by the band.

[@user-vb6lq9il5v]

The drive, latitude and longitude: Begins at 43.7875979, 142.1038612 Ends at 43.8090204, 142.0234995 It's about 4 miles or about 6.5 km

[@thebandofmaids]

Really? How you know that?

[@user-vb6lq9il5v]

@@thebandofmaids The road signs + Google

[@thebandofmaids]

@@user-vb6lq9il5v Impressive. You are a detective or what?

[@user-vb6lq9il5v]

@@thebandofmaids When I first saw the video, I thought that the scenery could just be AI-generated. But the road signs matched up with real places in Hokkaido. A satellite image matched up exactly with the last frame of the video.

[@thebandofmaids]

@@user-vb6lq9il5v I use all real driving footage. A guy named Tokyo Smith does the driving. If you go to his channel you'll see the full drive.