well i'm sure nobody will be interested in this. it's too ulu le lah! but still, you should be! if you're looking for new stuff, you can stay on.
because this album is good.
sakanaction with their latest album, shinshiro. sakanaction, first and foremost, plays a blend of rock, electronica, and i am told, club and house music. it's nothing i have ever listened to before. the more important thing is that their music is SUPER ADDICTIVE. the tunes stick in your head for hours. impressions from PVs: the lead singer is really really cool. in that he seems to own every piece of music he sings, and drawls his parts in the most delicious way :D, how he's expressionless all the time (ah, aim of all decent bands), and it's just cooooool. additional bonus: he can really sing! i was converted immediately. must go find out what's his name.
down to it!
Ame (B) opens with the whole band going "A-ME" in harmony. oh that's another thing i like about them - ALL of them can sing and it's wonderful when they sing in 5 parts (i think). it's like having an acapella band! :DDD anyway though it's the intro it still managaed to lodge itself in my head, after only 2 or 3 times. the lyrics are simple, all sung in chorus, and the main star is all the electronica, which is weird and wonderful in its own way. haven't been listening to this much, though.
ライトダンス is a wacky song. i don't know how to place it. it sounds distinctively chinese, somehow, and the verses are ... jumpy. however, the chorus is pure gold: there's this line repeated 4 times and sung in octaves (でも明日が見えなくて) and the melody of the chorus is amazing, really. plus lead-san sings it like "oh, this is a piece of cake" which sounds amazing as well. the middle part after that is weird, but then the chorus comes and nullifies everything else. i could play that chorus on loop for a whole day.
セントレイ lives up to its name - i can see why it got #1 on oricon. everything about it is perfect. my favourite part is the 2nd verse, where there's this synthesised choir going papapapapapaapapaapapaa and it's niceeeeeeeeeeee! the other electronica stuff go well with the melody, too. and then the chorus is a big mass of all the motifs, and generally pleasing. altogether, you get a song which makes you want to put on repeat and don't mind hearing over and over again. absolute favourite.
ネイティブダンサー is another favourite. lead sounds really good here in the start. the pv is just him dancing with this pair of glow-in-the-dark nike shoes, but he pulls it off because he's cool enough. the chorus is so-so and the best thing about this song is the verses. i think this is the song that made me go crazy over the lead's voice.
minnanouta is an instrumental which is a little messy and which i don't really dig, so. there's the sound of an office in the background. its not in my mp3 because estate space is scarce. interestingly, it was composed by the whole band. which is why it's called minnanouta (everyone's song). =.=
雑踏 starts off with the same background noise as minnanouta, and turns into verses with monotone guitars and a not-bad melody. i like how the bass enters, very late into the song. then some guitar wails and the chorus starts, which is quite nice and bouncy. the verses are a bit too long but the chorus makes up for it. and then there's this wild rock part after the chorus that i like, though it's just "woah, woah, woah~".
黄色い車 - hmm this is the opposite. it starts out nicely with interesting accompaniment, and an interesting verse. then the chorus is kind of screwed, i don't like it. it's a very happy song then the chorus is just random twisting of notes. i listen to it for the intro and verses.
enough is enough. haha. enough is a 2-part song. the intro is quiet and ballad-like, i like the way the lead goes "uso desu ... ka, uso desu." it's wandering and sounds like someone pondering something. then comes the 2nd part which is this upbeat tune with 2 chords which makes you bob your head in time and where the voices go "uwaaaaaa" (really!) and which is also playable for hours. i remembered it for a week after i first heard it. after that there's this wild rock part again where the chords are weird (good weird), then back to the uwaaaaa part which is laced with new electronica motifs, then it dies off and returns to the ballady part. i like~
涙ディライト is a piece with a pop feel, what i really like about this are the 2 motifs in the intro which continue on throughout the song. the melody is groovy, there's no other word for it. i tire easily of the chorus, though. another song to make people dance.
アドベンチャー is really interesting. i think this is closest to club/techno music in the whole album. the beats are heavy and there's the syncopated rhythm. the verses are delightful, the composing, and the chorus is good as well, just that the bass is very heavy and not good when you are having a pounding headache. nice song to let off steam and scrub your brain blank.
last song, human. human is my second favourite. it's almost completely rock. (haven't forgotten my roots!) the intro has a piano and guitar playing in thirds respectively and together. the effect is an intriguing melody that has taken me weeks to catch. (still haven't completely figured it out yet.) then the verses are sung in octaves again (my favourite, what's more i think the other person in one of the girls!). the chorus is ... rending? maybe a bit emo, and the drums again a little too heavy for my liking, but sakanaction knows how far to go before the listener gets irritated (not like ajikan who can get carried away sometimes). so the effect is muted and catchy. plus nice harmonies after the last chorus. nice nice nice.
i'm not sure how others would take this album (my weird taste in the works), but i find it irresistable and super catchy. definitely will see (or hear) more of this band in the future! I LOVE THE LEAD SINGER'S VOICE I SWEAR. i'm starting to draw a lot of fishbones around school. need to go and find more sakanaction fans!
thankful to NANO-MUGEN COMPILATION for getting me into this band.
i think i'll do UVERworld next. NEW SINGLE WOOHOOOOOOO!
harry potter
artemis fowl
terry pratchett
philip pullman
a series of unfortunate events
the chronicles of narnia
neil gaiman
anthony horowitz
james patterson
eragon
dan brown
the doomspell trilogy
suzuki koji
the magister trilogy
tamir triad
tracklist:
1. Ame(B)
2. ライトダンス
3. セントレイ
4. ネイティブダンサー
5. minnanouta
6. 雑踏
7. 黄色い車
8. enough
9. 涙ディライト
10. アドベンチャー
11. human
well i'm sure nobody will be interested in this. it's too ulu le lah!
but still, you should be! if you're looking for new stuff, you can stay on.
because this album is good.
sakanaction with their latest album, shinshiro.
sakanaction, first and foremost, plays a blend of rock, electronica, and i am told, club and house music. it's nothing i have ever listened to before. the more important thing is that their music is SUPER ADDICTIVE. the tunes stick in your head for hours.
impressions from PVs: the lead singer is really really cool. in that he seems to own every piece of music he sings, and drawls his parts in the most delicious way :D, how he's expressionless all the time (ah, aim of all decent bands), and it's just cooooool. additional bonus: he can really sing! i was converted immediately. must go find out what's his name.
down to it!
Ame (B) opens with the whole band going "A-ME" in harmony. oh that's another thing i like about them - ALL of them can sing and it's wonderful when they sing in 5 parts (i think). it's like having an acapella band! :DDD anyway though it's the intro it still managaed to lodge itself in my head, after only 2 or 3 times. the lyrics are simple, all sung in chorus, and the main star is all the electronica, which is weird and wonderful in its own way. haven't been listening to this much, though.
ライトダンス is a wacky song. i don't know how to place it. it sounds distinctively chinese, somehow, and the verses are ... jumpy. however, the chorus is pure gold: there's this line repeated 4 times and sung in octaves (でも明日が見えなくて) and the melody of the chorus is amazing, really. plus lead-san sings it like "oh, this is a piece of cake" which sounds amazing as well. the middle part after that is weird, but then the chorus comes and nullifies everything else. i could play that chorus on loop for a whole day.
セントレイ lives up to its name - i can see why it got #1 on oricon. everything about it is perfect. my favourite part is the 2nd verse, where there's this synthesised choir going papapapapapaapapaapapaa and it's niceeeeeeeeeeee! the other electronica stuff go well with the melody, too. and then the chorus is a big mass of all the motifs, and generally pleasing. altogether, you get a song which makes you want to put on repeat and don't mind hearing over and over again. absolute favourite.
ネイティブダンサー is another favourite. lead sounds really good here in the start. the pv is just him dancing with this pair of glow-in-the-dark nike shoes, but he pulls it off because he's cool enough. the chorus is so-so and the best thing about this song is the verses. i think this is the song that made me go crazy over the lead's voice.
minnanouta is an instrumental which is a little messy and which i don't really dig, so. there's the sound of an office in the background. its not in my mp3 because estate space is scarce. interestingly, it was composed by the whole band. which is why it's called minnanouta (everyone's song). =.=
雑踏 starts off with the same background noise as minnanouta, and turns into verses with monotone guitars and a not-bad melody. i like how the bass enters, very late into the song. then some guitar wails and the chorus starts, which is quite nice and bouncy. the verses are a bit too long but the chorus makes up for it. and then there's this wild rock part after the chorus that i like, though it's just "woah, woah, woah~".
黄色い車 - hmm this is the opposite. it starts out nicely with interesting accompaniment, and an interesting verse. then the chorus is kind of screwed, i don't like it. it's a very happy song then the chorus is just random twisting of notes. i listen to it for the intro and verses.
enough is enough. haha. enough is a 2-part song. the intro is quiet and ballad-like, i like the way the lead goes "uso desu ... ka, uso desu." it's wandering and sounds like someone pondering something. then comes the 2nd part which is this upbeat tune with 2 chords which makes you bob your head in time and where the voices go "uwaaaaaa" (really!) and which is also playable for hours. i remembered it for a week after i first heard it. after that there's this wild rock part again where the chords are weird (good weird), then back to the uwaaaaa part which is laced with new electronica motifs, then it dies off and returns to the ballady part. i like~
涙ディライト is a piece with a pop feel, what i really like about this are the 2 motifs in the intro which continue on throughout the song. the melody is groovy, there's no other word for it. i tire easily of the chorus, though. another song to make people dance.
アドベンチャー is really interesting. i think this is closest to club/techno music in the whole album. the beats are heavy and there's the syncopated rhythm. the verses are delightful, the composing, and the chorus is good as well, just that the bass is very heavy and not good when you are having a pounding headache. nice song to let off steam and scrub your brain blank.
last song, human. human is my second favourite. it's almost completely rock. (haven't forgotten my roots!) the intro has a piano and guitar playing in thirds respectively and together. the effect is an intriguing melody that has taken me weeks to catch. (still haven't completely figured it out yet.) then the verses are sung in octaves again (my favourite, what's more i think the other person in one of the girls!). the chorus is ... rending? maybe a bit emo, and the drums again a little too heavy for my liking, but sakanaction knows how far to go before the listener gets irritated (not like ajikan who can get carried away sometimes). so the effect is muted and catchy. plus nice harmonies after the last chorus. nice nice nice.
i'm not sure how others would take this album (my weird taste in the works), but i find it irresistable and super catchy. definitely will see (or hear) more of this band in the future! I LOVE THE LEAD SINGER'S VOICE I SWEAR.
i'm starting to draw a lot of fishbones around school. need to go and find more sakanaction fans!