31 July 2013

Yuki "Wave" (2006)

Wave
release date: Sep. 6, 2006
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5]

Track highlights: 1. "Nagai Yume" - 2. "Melancholinista" - 5. "Fugainaiya"

Studio album by Yuki. This is a continued journey into synth pop, which suits her voice quite nicely, although it's a stylistic mix. J-pop still is the major style, the production has become more orchestrated in an almost Eurovision-song-contest-kind of way. Also, I think, she challenges her voice more on this release and shows she really can sing and not only use a childlike tone but many tracks are attempts to be indie rock, which fails with her tiny voice and crossings from j-pop pop-songs to more (tempted) aggressiveness.