Yuki-sama wrote:
ibut he is sexy as a guy, i wish he would...you know, be a guy every once in a while. *goes back and looks at GLITTER pictures*
Really? I actually prefer Kaya feminine for some reason. I prefer someone like Mana as a guy, for some reason.
I'm so late, but I've loved Kaya for a hundred years (just put my signed Ouka poster up in my bedroom, haha) and listened to Freya and some of the new songs.
Freya isn't my favorite song of his, but I really love his voice in it. I don't think I'll put it on my phone though. I don't think the song really stands out even though it's not a bad song.
Babel... I'm not sure, maybe it's kind of too "rock" for me, but while I don't hate the song it's not something I'll listen to again and again like Kaya's other songs. It doesn't really stand out to me or catch my interest.
Digitalis... I like it better than Babel. I wasn't interested enough to listen to the whole thing though.
Akaihana... I like it... I think... I couldn't remember it a second after I listened to it though. I feel like I've heard it before...
Luftschloss... Oh, I really like this one. It's much slower than the ones above, it's definitely not as aggressive as the others, but I love the guitars and the drums. It reminds me of a lop-sided castle or something teetering. The guitar solos at 2:45 are cool and not over the top or too outside of the theme of the song. I started to dislike songs by Versailles and the like because the solos would become big productions and the songs long for no good reason. Anyway, I keep liking the song the more it goes on and I'm REALLY liking the guitars here and the way they go along with his voice. I also like that the song doesn't speed up much and returns at the end to the beginning in a way.
Crimson Nail... Nah. Another aggressive rock song. It's not bad and it has some cool parts, but yeah. I feel like I'm being dragged through most of the songs so far.
The Fatal Day... I really liked the beginning, but then it got a bit rockish, then back to how it was at the start. It's like they purposely try to inject the aggressive parts so it fits with the rest of the album. So overall I really like it when it's not too much "rock" and I really like the guitar solo here. The song is catchy and not too long. I would've liked it if the obvious rock parts were taken out (the parts that you can imagine head-banging to), but overall I really like the song. His singing is great as usual. The guitars are great in every song though, Jesus, he has some great people behind him. I'm already singing along to the song. OK, I'm really liking it!
L'Oiseau Bleu... It's not a very head-banging rock song like most of the songs, so it's different in that sense, but I'm not really into it either. It's nice, but it's not going to stay on my mind like my favorite two.
Salome... OK, what are they going to do with one of my favorite songs! The original was great on its own and they didn't make it any worse, but not significantly more intriguing. It's just there.
So I dislike most of the songs on the mini-album. I normally like the rock sound, but I think the songs don't stand out THAT much and instead they remind me of other bands except with Kaya as the vocalist. I hardly remember Freya, Digitalis, Crimson Nail, etc. They're rock songs and I feel as though I've heard them all before.
The Fatal Day and Luftschloss stand out IMO because while they have the rock sound it's not too much so they're still interesting and even a bit catchy. They make the rest of the songs look worse because of how different their sounds are, in a way. Luftschloss has a different, surreal feel from the rest of the songs. It's a song that doesn't have to go all-out to prove itself. The Fatal Day could have fallen by the wayside with the others with the ROCK YEAAAAHHHH injections that made the other songs repetitive, but it still kept its uniqueness and catchy tune. So those are the songs I like.
and Freya was a huge disapointment, but the 2 mini albums was much better. I really like Afterglow, Kaya sounds a bit different, ina good way.