Anyway... They released their new album At0m recently...
I thought the lyrics were really cool coz it's handwritten. I wonder if Lunkhead members wrote it themselves... If they did.... ONE OF THEM HAS TERRIBLE HANDWRITING!! ahahahaha ;)
Actually they've been releasing a series of live-house only singles, and ITMS download special of their singles, leading up to this release. And thanks to Ame and Nagami-san, I managed to get my hands on the CDs...
The singles:
Anyway, so back to At0m... Have not had a chance to really listen to the song just yet... But their sound is different from the previous album Force.
Where Force was fast tempo/upbeat and energy driven, this album seem to have raised the edgy rock styles that has been increasinly seeping into Lunkhead's rock tunes... I feel that their songs are getting more and more edgy and less melodic rock (bye bye pop~ hehe)... I feel Lunkhead's style has always been very different from other Japanese rock bands. The thing about Lunkhead songs is that, I don't feel it's radio friendly. This is because their songs have very unusual tempo and the guitar riffs are definitely very stylistic yet edgy. Also, Odaka-san (G., Vo,) is definitely stretching his vocal range and styles more and more..
And I feel this album really exemplify that to a great extent. Most of the songs are a blend of edgy stylistic guitar riffs, with changing of tempo from verse to chorus... And add to that mix is Yoshitaro's incredibly ever-chaging vocal range.
I guess, this album is not for all to swollow, and very, if not entirely different from their older albums (Self-title Lunkead album and before). but nevertheless, definitely an album to check out!
For fans, of course, there is no doubt, we're all cheers for this one =)
Anyway, check it!
Three tracks from the album!
