Track Listing
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Utareru Ame
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Akai Hana
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Utakata
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Utareru Ame ~raw “break” track~
1. Utareru Ame
Nana’s strong rock track. Utareru Ame starts off with some strong guitars, it becomes apparant that this is straight-up more edgier than “Kesenai Tsumi”. Nana sounds a lot more whiney throughout. The guitar solo in the middle was very gritty but it leads to Nana coming back in softer than the entire song itself. It has a nice ending to it too. Anywho, it’s a pretty good track.
2. Akai Hana
This already is so much catchier than “Utareru Ame”. Nana’s lyrics and her voice seem almost forced during the verses. The bridge is very, very cool. It’s definitly not hard rock at all and is pretty dang catchy. It’s got a good steady beat all throughout which made this song very cool.
3. Utakata
An almost odd sound starts this softer track off. Almost has a magical quality to it, which is very not Nana Kitade-like. As if it couldn’t get stranger the song is 6 min. and 15 sec. long. Oh!!!!!, Well she gradually gets louder then BAM! Guitars blare in. Once again it’s like “Utareru Ame” *sigh*. Guitar is actually pretty awesome in this song, it doesn’t sound bad. After that we go back to the verse where she is quiet and the music is soft and magical, then BAM, round 2! This is definitly a mood swinging song.
So, Utareru Ame was an alright single, I really didn’t like that all the songs were almost carbon-copies off each other. Neither of the B-side’s make it onto the album which is disappointing since Akai Hana & Utakata were better than the title track. I do recommend this single though because it’s great female Japanese rock at its core.
