つばき － 夜更けの太陽

Tracklist:

1)太陽
2) 声の行方
3) いたい
4) 震える手、光射す部屋
5) バス停前
6) 秘密
7) 雨に涙目
8) 夜更けの旋律
9) 夜が明けるまで
10) 僕だけの季節

Ok, obviously I am gonna start with Tsubaki!!! (BIASED!!!!)

This album is FAST, FAST, FAST, FAST becoming my favorite Tsubaki album of all time!!!!!! Before this album, I would definitely vote Portrait+ to be their best album. But now, I think 夜更けの太陽 rocks it all!!!

I must say, I am completely in love with the type of rock sounds that Isshiki creates. In-cre-di-ble!!

The songs in this album definitely reflects the sounds of Tsubaki's older songs (in their Indies era) but much, much, more refined, expanded, grown. (I guess bigger budget and signed to a major record label helps??). Like the old albums, this album contains SOLID rock riffs, powerful percussions, driving bass lines. It's like what Isshiki said in their Daikanyama show, that when they were recording the album, it really felt like back when they first started because it was just the three of them recording again.

However, the beauty of this album is the way the rocking out riffs of old Tsubaki beautifully blends with their newer more electronic/acoustic-based sounds as reflected in the tracks, 夜更けの旋律、バス停前、太陽,いたい, 声の行方 .As for tracks that sound more like their newer stuff, the rocking riffs of old Tsubaki is also perfectly crafted in a fine balance into songs like 夜が明けるまで, 震える手、光射す部屋,雨に涙目.

All I can say is INCREDIBLE, Tsubaki, INCREDIBLE. Well done! A really, really, really great and well-mastered fusion of all the great sounds of Tsubaki, old and new. Can't say enough! Blew me away again! Perfectly crafted balance.


Recommended tracks: (a.k.a. I DAMN love these tracks! BLOODY GREAT!)
夜更けの旋律, 声の行方, バス停前, いたい, 太陽, 震える手、光射す部屋
ok just get the WHOLE album, coz that's more than half the album and these are all INCREDIBLE tracks!