(the) Road to the Deep East

I bought two new singles released today, but my motivation to buy them paying around 1000 yens for each one was a kind of low, low , low. I didn't like both of the titled songs from these two female artists, and I just bought thinking 'its coupling may be rather than the a-side.' Then, how were they actually like?

Anna, 'Lucky Tune'

(Track list)
1. Lucky Tune
2. Hoshino Kakera
3. Lucky Tune(Instrumental)
4. Hoshino Kakera(Instrumental)

This is the first solo single from the vocalist from Bon-Bon Blanco, Santos Anna.

To give the conclusion first, the a-side, 'Lucky Tune' was rather than I'd expected from the preview aired as the ending of an anime show, To-love-ru.

I still don't like the too childish intro of this song, and noisy distorted guitar which spoils her voice . And as Anna answered in some interviews, she perfectly play the role of anime character in this song, and sings very cutely, like an anime character. I don't like the style, so, first 3 minutes of this song is kinda torture for an ex-Bon-Bon Blanco fan. 'It's not Anna from Bon-Bon Blanco!!'

However, this song changes dynamically from 3:00. It suddenly becomes up-tempo, rap-esque music, just like 'Yura Yura Yureru' or 'Karatto Ikou -adios amigo- from Bon-Bon Blanco. Then, anime singer Anna transforms into the great and kakkoii vocalsit, Santos Anna in this moment. I really liked this part, and it turned over my prejudice on this song, but she just keep this transformation for 12 seconds, and the songs becomes irritating one again.

The flip-side, 'Hoshino kakera', is a very, very standard JPOP idol song, which only our professor Marty Friedman may be interested in and can extract the charm of this song. In other words, It is boring for most of us.

But in this song, this 20 year-old shows us her growth as a vocalist. Especially, I was impressed by her rhyming. It seems she is interested in American hip-hop or R&B and she could learn a lot from them.

So, if I rate this single out of 10 kote, this single is 7.5 kote. The miraculous 12 seconds starts from 3:00 in Lucky Tune is enough to motivate me to repeat this song twice.

Ah, I have to admit another factor which raised my rating. ITS COVER ART IS NICE!!



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