Track Listing
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everything
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Setsugekka
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everything (Remixed by shunichi miura for kera and the synthesizers)
1. everything
Oh, so this is what Sharaku from metronome has been up to. Well, for something that’s from Sharaku, I was happy to see that everything was even more 8bit love from him and his partner in crime, Hiromu. About the song itself, it’s a flurry of 8bit arpeggios that oddly work here. Sharaku sounds pretty sad here and kind of throws a paradox in the song and to me that was a great idea. It does become an irritating song after listening to the song repetitively, but it’s still nice overall.
2. Setsugekka
The B-side is quite calming when compared to “everything”. Instead of the crazy use of 8bit and synths, they actually went for more of a natural sound for their music. Sharuku is under auto-tune and is also filtered for the track. Back to the music, I’m liking the inclusion of strings and electric guitars to mix in with the music. I’m already liking this tune.
3. everything (Remixed by shunichi miura for kera and the synthesizers)
To me, this rearranged version of everything took out the 8bit overload and gave it a more metronome-like version and seriously, I might like this more than the original because there’s more focus of the guitars and Sharaku’s vocals here. To be honest, the song sounds more together and not as freaky as before. Though I love what they did with Sharaku’s vocals in the 2nd verse, that was nice. Good remix.
I now understand why metronome hasn’t been releasing anything recently because Sharaku is now paying more attention to FLOPPY. The only single to represent the “Deus ex machina” era, everything showed me what theywere like as a duo and surprisingly showed that they can do 8bit as well as POLYSICS & YMCK, but can do good ballads as well. It’s one of the bands I’ll be keeping my eye on from now on.
