Earl Grey - Marchentic Paradox (2001)

"Marchentic Paradox", 2001.
Earl Grey formed in 2000. That year, the group released a total of three demos, and also appeared on the "Punishment Party Vol. 1" omnibus that September. In June of 2001, Earl Grey released its first single, "Marchentic Paradox", which was initially limited to 1000 copies. The single sold out so quickly, that it was soon repressed for another 2000 copies. In November of 2001, the group released its first mini-album, "Geeks", which soon sold out as well. By early 2002, Earl Grey developed a fair-sized cult following for their haunting and melodic, gothic metal style, but soon faced a rather intense lineup change when one of their original guitarists, Mika, and bassist Hekiru (碧流) left the group. Although Mika was never replaced, Hekiru was eventually replaced by Ryu, although when Earl Grey returned, their style drastically changed. In November of 2002, Earl Grey released their second mini-album, "Title Fumei (タイトル不明)", which showed the group's drastic departure from their gothic-esqued style, in exchange for a much more poppy style, which was ultimately early oshare kei. Because of their extreme style and music change, "Title Fumei" sold very poorly, and is an extremely scarce find today. Earl Grey appeared on one last omnibus in May of 2003, "Kaleidoscope", but eventually ended up disbanding by the end of 2003. The only member of Earl Grey to continue on in the visual scene was Ryu, who joined the indies band Sekai Heiwa Smile (世界平和スマイル), which he played guitar in. When Sekai Heiwa Smile disbanded as well by early 2005, Ryu became a support artist for the obscure indies band Atelier Picasso (アトリエ ピカソ), and eventually joined one last visual band, Rara (ララ), which also disbanded by early 2007. After Rara's split, Ryu retired from the visual scene.

[@nijilovesmusic]

Beautiful, like all of Earl Grey's songs

[@ijansk]

Old school Visual Kei is my favourite . I still listen to these bands as if they were still around. 💖

[@closetrot]

i love this