Really solid LP from the bladeester. I don't really like Missing Person, Sick, Bloodveil/Stillborn, or Sugar, but the rest of the songs are really solid, and some ("Who Goes There", "So What", "Xd Out" and "Skin") are some of my favorite of his. One criticism is that the production and his voice is pretty amateur on this, especially compared to some of his later works.
Some good things here for sure. The opening is nice, "Déconstruction" is hard, I love "Never Let You Go", "Shunka Ryougen" is really solid. "Seventh Heaven" is beautiful. "Old Fashioned" is a little odd, but I have fun with it. "Ikiru" is the album's crowning jewel. It never fails to make me sing along to the chorus with a smile on my face. A lot of the other songs are just okay though. Kick in the World is disappointing in it's ... read more
Really good album, title track and narashite are some of the best j-rock or noise pop/rock you'll hear. MAKE MORE NOISE OF YOU, underground, lostplanet, sekaiwotorikaeshiteokure, nineteen, and rock'n'roll wa shinanai are also really solid tracks. not the biggest fan of yoruwooyoideta or yumewomiyou, and the interludes are there too.