Adele is an idiot XD In my last post about the three J-Rock bands that make my day, it should actually be 4... because
ONE OK ROCK is way up there with
An Cafe,
ELLEGARDEN and
B'z in my 'rabu-rabu' list =p
There's
not one single OOR song I dislike (well, I like some more than others, but overall I could listen to all their songs on repeat ^^ ) and their progress from amateurs to Indies rock group wannabe to full fledged rockers is fascinating.
I won't go into introducing
OOR, since I've already done a pretty long write up on them in my
Vox blog some time ago. Instead, I'll plunge right into their new single *yay!* =p
Tsutomu Tsutomu ~ Yume Yume ~ consists of two songs (thank goodness... short and sweet, no instrumental versions) -
Tsutomu Tsutomu ~ Yume Yume and
Karasu. Let's start with
TT~YY.
OOR's sound this time round is somewhat different from their previous singles, and thus
TT~YY seems to have more... funk in it. There's more of this electronica sound to it, which actually makes
TT~YY seem a little like a cross between
J Rock and
J Techno. I can't say that I like this style much, but on a positive note,
Taka sounds great and
Toru's rapping's more polished now.
Karasu time. Out of the two tracks, this is the one which I prefer as it sounds more like the usual
OOR. I really love the sound of electronic guitars, and
Alex and
Toru definitely don't disappoint. In
Karasu, it's their turn to shine as although
Taka's vocals still sound good...
Alex and
Toru totally steal the show with their guitar riffs.
Overall though... I prefer their previous effort -
Naihi Shinsho. I have to admit that I'm
slightly disappointed. But still, it's a good attempt by
OOR that's sure to win them more fans. By next year, I predict these guys should have a pretty solid underground following considering the amount of local and overseas fans being converted through live gigs, word of mouth, blogs and mp3 rotations XD
On to
TTYY's MV. Yes, I was crazy enough to download all
68+ MB of it =p It's their best quality MV so far, and this time they could actually fit a few more extras into their budget. Hehe... yup, girls, people... girls in their MV. And for the very first time it's not the schizophrenic goth-vamp type seen in
Naihi Shinsho but quite hot looking ones... the guys must have been real happy XD Erm... but what in the world is
Taka wearing?? And as usual.... there's too much
Taka and
Toru and too little close-ups of the others.
I want to see Alex!! =p
P/S: I should write in my Vox blog more ^_~ Google ONE OK ROCK and somewhere down along the first page you'll come across my Vox entry on them. I'm honoured
perasannya ^^
