For now check out the 2 songs on their myspace. The video for Darui is pretty awesome. I'd burn it for you guys but my computer is being a little funky. Also their on Toy Factory which isn't exactly a major label (despite having the ultra huge Mr. Children and Bump of Chicken) so I'm pretty against free trade with no intention to buy.
If your curious:
The album is a lot more rock than their others. I always thought theyre albums were usually half gold and completely amazing and half totally bland. This album is all at least silver. It sounds like they were listening to King Crimson when they wrote it. The songs have very loose structure and change style very quickly but still sound like solid songs.
Red Shadow uses the whole voice-through-the-bullhorn, kind of like ringos koufukuron or Jethro Tull but it ends up sounding way more like Blonde Redhead or Melt Banana. It would without a doubt, be well-received in the American indie-scene.
tracks 2, 4 and 5 are all on myspace (go action is just a littttle different, basically the vocals stand out a bit more)
morning star kind of sluggish and jazzy and picks up a lot at the end.
number 6 (dont have my kanji dictionary right now) is a soft track that starts with just a soft accordian and vocals.
mllion starlight hotel sounds a bit in the same vain of On the Rocks, especially the opening song but it gets much jazzier during the bridge.
Whammy Kiss sounds like dance rock meets j-pop. I don't wanna make any comparisons because I think most stuff that you could call dance rock sucks and this song is great. You'll understand when you hear it.
Gakudan starts off sounding like that one track I always skip but within 20 seconds it starts to get eerie and playful and really beautiful. Uses a sexy xylaphone! I think! Then it starts to rock. Theres a song I can compare it to but I forgot the name
Ok I got some work to do. I'kk write about the last two songs later.
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