The second is a bit more like a more energetic Hologram or My Dead Girlfriend…which is a good thing! I’m a sucker for dueted vocals like this…amazing to see how the guitarist gets his falsetto up to the same pitch as the female bass player AND avoids sounding all shrill. The first one reminds me a bit of mudy on the 昨晩, only with vocals and without the weird time signatures: There’s still the same boundless sense of energy though. I know this probably all sounds like hyperbole, but yeah, if you want to shut me up, just listen to them, would you? Even after dozens of plays, they remain fresh, and I’m now at the point where I just need to tell you about them. Despite the constant plays in my car since the middle of January (a sure-fire way to kill lesser bands,) Just a Moment (2009) and Still a Sigure Virgin? (2010) still aren’t tiring for me. Their latest 2 albums (out of 4 so far) are fantastic. I love hard and fast music, but it’s not just that, their songs are full of energy, and one gets a strong sense of life from almost every one. I suppose my punk roots are showing there. I’m not a fan of progressive rock, or even post-rock, really, so I love that they craft songs with choruses, and that they end in less than 5 minutes. Although it may sound like random, disconnected noise at first, as soon as the second half begins, a structure asserts itself. Like many of their other songs, JPOP Xfile will only start to make sense half way through. Of course, the constant switching between the male and female vocalists is delightful, and that they thoroughly torture their guitars, too. The cool thing about this song is that it’s a fine showcase for their style the rapid-fire drumming, the seemingly random way the song progresses at first, the sudden changes of pace and the way the vocals switch between highly pitched and slow to an absolutely belting chorus. Going by YouTube views alone, their most popular song is JPOP Xfile, a single from 2009. That’s why I described it as if they crept up on me I was listening to them at work one afternoon, the dots suddenly connected and now, I’m head over heels. Their music is fast-paced and aggressive songs that may sound like a wall of noise at first, but that make sense (melodically) on subsequent loops through. Now one of my favourite bands, they are, I’m convinced, Japan’s best rock group since Supercar. The album was released in three versions: a deluxe "Hyper Tornado" 2CD+DVD edition in special packaging, a limited "Tornado" 2CD+DVD edition, and a regular CD Only edition.Ling Tosite Sigure (凛として時雨) just seemed to creep up on me in January. Yuukei no Kioku (夕景の記憶) (from 2007.11.11 Live at SHIBUYA-AX)īest of Tornado is the first compilation album released by Ling tosite sigure.Akai Yuuwaku (from 2007.11.11 Live at SHIBUYA-AX).Sadistic Summer (from 2007.11.11 Live at SHIBUYA-AX).Acoustic (from 2006.12.2 Live at SHINJUKU LOFT).CRAZY Kanjou STYLE (CRAZY感情STYLE) (from 2006.12.2 Live at SHINJUKU LOFT).TK in the Yuukei (TK in the 夕景) (from Demo Tape).Regular Edition Cover Artist Ling tosite sigure Album Best of Tornado Released 2015.01.14 Catalog Number AICL 2797~2800 (Deluxe Edition) AICL 2801~3 (Limited Edition) AICL 2804 (Regular Edition) Price ¥7,500 (Deluxe Edition) ¥4,200 (Limited Edition) ¥2,800 (Regular Edition) CD Tracklist
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