Pierrot
- Smiley Skeleton

Note: 8,5/10, because even though I love it, it' s only a single.

I'm fed up with eternal "I've seen everything, I've heard everything, it' s not as it used to be, pffff it' s so bad now" comments, therefore I decided to write a review, although I find it stupid to write a review about a simple single... but this single doesn't deserve such comments: I will say why!

So: Very good single. Smiley Skeleton is an "easy" song, but I love its rythm and melody, and most important I love the effect given by Kirito's "breath", I can't describe why, but I love it! Only bad point: eeer Jun, you solo is absolutely awfull here... I know(/hear) you wanted to play something that would sound like old Japanese traditional music... but your notes really aren't a best choice! Anyway: I love the atmosphere of this song, very "strong", a kind of serious pop/rock tune, with the little "Pierrotic" touch that makes me love it: good! Then begins Paranoia... or the song that's already famous for its chorus copying Powerman 5000's When worlds collide! (which I absolutely don't care about: all musicians have always copied one another once in a while, ever since music existed: as long as it's taking a good part of something to include it in something where it will sound excellent, and it is so here, there is absolutely not a single problem) And this song is gooooooooood... and live, it has to be even betteeeeeeeeeer... To sum up: it' s heavy, it' s good, I love my little Pierrot. And finally Easter... that has its charm, but becomes boring quite quickly, there's a little detail that has been wasted in this song... the sang-part maybe? Because rythm is good, the music is a little repetitive but it' s ok, but the sang-part sounds a little "apart" from the rest (because of the "intonations", of the atmosphere it gives, such things...). I don't really know, it' s just an "ok" song... while the two others are excellent: you hear quite a difference!

To conclude: this single is worth a listening (ans more) would it be only becaue of the first two songs!
(+I love the cover! yeah I know that saying this is absolutely useless as for the quality of the single itself... but I wanted to say it!)

Track-list:

01- Smiley Skeleton
02- Paranoia
03- Easter

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