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I listened to it as well and I have very mixed feelings about it. Let me just say, I loved Cosmic Explorer from the moment I listened to it and it was on a repeat for a long time. Future Pop doesn't have that for me. There is something weird about this album. I really enjoyed all the singles but put together, with the new album tracks it feels kind of boring to me. I would love the "Album track" more but there is this super annoying piece when the pace goes up and it is in 2 moments, really horrible and destroys the song for me. I also think that Nakata is preventing Perfume from developing, evolving, maturing. While the sound is super polished and singles are great on their own, everything together seems bland. In my eyes, they should try a different producer at this point. Also, when you name your album "Future pop" you should really step up your game and for me, it didn't happen - it's just current Perfume pop. I will listen to individual tracks, maybe even to all of them, but not at once.
The tour will be fun for sure so I am looking forward to that.