The Azure's side is perfect. Instrumentals, blending electronica and folk complement the beautiful and tender story of Azure. Meanwhile, the Father's Side could have benefited from some drone elements; I think the gray ordinariness coupled with the growing excitement could have been expressed much better yet it still came out pretty cool. The dry irony in the narrative of the first disc is the icing on the cake in this simple yet atmospheric story.
A monumental and magnificent album, both within the discography of Les Rallizes Dénudés and in general. Like many of the band's bootlegs, it's noisy and chaotic, yet Mizutani's superb vocal performance and the band's incredible instrumental playing are perfectly audible. It's an album of contrasts—offensively loud and chaotic, yet at the same time incredibly touching and melancholic, with passionate vocals that penetrate straight to the soul and ... read more