Yo! lol as promised, here I am with a review of OR's latest single "Kimi Station"! Yeah...I know I still have to finish up that PROGLUTION review buuut, well procrastination is my specialty so bare with me here.
Track 1-Kimi Station
Aaah, here we are with the main track, kimi station. It's a sweet ballad with slightly emo lyrics. I was actually expecting (and wishing) it'd be a rockish ballad...but I suspected as much, they went with the whole violin orchestra background, emotional ballad. It's really nice though. One major part is Yamato's voice in the beginning, it's very smooth and lower than usual, he managed to pull it off perfectly. Ryo's solo was kinda weird and out of the box, but I guess he had to do it that way to balance of everything else. Hiroki's solo was great as usual. Another good thing I love is during the chorus, you can feel the emotion from all 3 vocalist's as they sing together...very...VERY NICE!! ^_^ My fav part the most is actually that soft lalala part towards the end, if you don't get what I'm saying, watch the PV, the part where all three of them meet up and start running together towards Naoto...very touching indeed!! ^^ lol and Yoh driving up in his van is priceless!! XD XD Altogether, I love this song! ^_^
Track 2-powder beats
Okaay honestly at first I actually thought I was listening to lalala by accident...the intro of this song is really toned down and acoustic which makes you think this's gonna be some sort of ballad lol...and Ryo's nasally whiny pitched voice ain't helping lol....then it comes to a pause...AND YOU HEAR THE GUITARS AND DRUMS AND BASS!! lol yep it turns into a punkish rock song with Hiroki coming in with his punk voice lol and Yama following up with the bridge then the chorus! lol I love this song cuz it's so hyper! And it just keeps building up and up and up! It's a really peppy motivating song and gives me this...well looking forward to kind of mood. I don't really know why some people hate this song, I love it so much! lol...sad thing is that it ends to fast :(
Track 3-(仮)ラララ
lol I'm laughing right now cuz the intro to this song actually begins with sounds of someone typing on a keyboard and clicking...which actually kind of harmonizes with my typing right now XD
k then we start of with OR singing lalalalala bla bla the chorus. It's a very enjoyable laid back song in my opinion. But again with Ryo trying to make his voice all nasally lol. I have a strong feeling that Naoto's singing along with them in the chorus though....but that could just be Ryo in his nasal voice lol. A funny point in this is the end of Yama's solo where he just starts singing gibberish XD. The great thing about this song I think is that the chorus is so fun to sing and clap along to lol, it's really enjoyable. lol and towards the end you hear Hiroki's solo with the heavy rock guitars in the background it's really nice though....but then...the song just ends right there after his solo...seriously, it just stops there. O.O leaving me blanked faced...well it was enjoyable while it lasted atleast >.<
Overall, I think the whole single is GREAT! It seriously deserves a higher ranking in the oricon charts!! SERIOUSLY!! It's a great great single, OR deserve better! >.< Well all the best to them, I know this single is attracting lots of OR newbies, c'mon OR boys you can do it!
