D'espairsRay: Brilliant

Hay gaiz!

Sorry for the lack of posting again. I suddenly got busy with finals and tons of hw. Plus, it's that special time of the month for me, so it's not like I could make any FOTDs without my face looking tres disgusting. Anyways, on to the post:

Totally forgot to even post my review on the latest single by D'espairsRay...probably because it's barely worth mentioning. =/

Compared to their breakout album: Mirror, or their beautifully sculpted: Coll:set, I fear that this single may be leading us down the murky and dismal path of generically constructed rock tracks. There is nothing special about this single at all. The song isn't horrible per se, but you find yourself instantly forgetting it. It doesn't hold the listeners attention, and makes me anxious about the future of this band. I'm not going to criticize their new "look" even though they've drastically shed that VK look that I've found added to the darkness of their music. I'm just worried about the direction they're taking in their music. Actually, I'm all for artists changing, if it's for the better, but Brilliant is so...blah. Also, one would think that with such a blase song, they would at least make up for it in the PV, but, alas, this is not so. The PV is everything about Girugamesh's PVs that I absolutely dislike.

Concert footage.

Painstakingly boring concert footage...

*le sigh*

Thankfully, I remember them playing Kamikaze, the next single to be released, at Taste of Chaos which sounded much better than this one so I have that to look forward to. Cocoon is marginally better, following along the same pattern as the songs released in Mirror. There is a powerful drum line and growly chorus that fits in more with the D'espa style. I guess I'm just worried about what's going to be on the album...but then again, it would be hard to top Mirror.


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Brilliant PV: