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01 - Onore ga Bun wo Shirite Oyabazaru Toki ha Sumiyaka ni Yamuru wo "Chi" to Iu beshi 02 - Shisou to ha Wareware no Erabu Mono wo Misezu, Konomu Mono wo "Mi"seru 03 - Fuanna no ha Kotogara ni de ha naku, Sore ni Kansuru Hito no "Kanga"e ni de Aru 04 - Yoku ha Subete no Kotoba wo Hanasi, Subete no Yaku wo Enji, Muyokusha sura "En"zuru 05 - Taikutsuna Gensaku no Kokkeisa wo Chokushisaseru Mohou dake ga Shin no "Mohou" de Aru 06 - Ankokujuu de no Souzouryoku ha Akarui Hikari yori mo Takumashiku Hataraku no wo "Tsune" to Suru 07 - Chinmokujuu no Hyoujou ni koso, Kotobaerabi ni Masaru Hontou no Yuuben ga "Sonzai" suru 08 - Ikari ha Orokana Mono wo Koroshi, Netami ha Bakamono no Seimei wo "Shunkan" goto Sainamu 09 - Wareware ha Kibou ni Shitagatte Yakusoku wo Shi, Kyoufu ni Kararete Yakusoku wo "Ha"tasu 10 - Hito ga Kuusou de Kaku Sekai yori mo, Hito ga Ikiru Genjitsu ha "Haru"kani Monobukai |
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, ‘post-rock' group Te' obviously believe that a good tune is worth a million – because Naraba, Imi kara Houkaisareta Hibiki ha "Oto" no Sekai no Shinen wo Kataru, their first album, is a completely instrumental work. The nearest the band gets to saying anything vocally is by giving each of the ten tracks on this album an incredibly long title... but even those are ambiguous – leaving the listener to find their own meanings in the unfolding assortment of sounds, moods and textures. The album opens with a beautifully mellow sound of repeated echoes and minimalist guitar strums, before the drums join in and the urgency of the melody gradually increases. Then, just beyond the halfway mark, the full explosive power of the electric guitars kicks in, and the mood changes from introspection to self-assured defiance. Track one blurs straight into track two, and then things slow down a pace – giving us a moment to catch our breath – before guitarists Kono and Hiro start shredding for all they're worth. This sets up the tone of the album. In typical post-rock style, each song is made up of a mixture of quiet melancholic moments, louder more frenetic parts, and crashing crescendos. With a complete absence of vocals, the resulting audio experience is akin to that of listening to a movie soundtrack. But this isn't background music – far from it. This is an album of soaring atmospheric soundscapes, layered sound structures, and complex changes of tempo. It's alternately desolate and exhilarating music – haunting and despairing in places; joyous and inspiring in others. Track six is a sinister and brooding number, slower paced than those before it, darker and oozing with underlying tension and simmering threats of violence. As the song progresses its ferocity increases until becoming the audio equivalent of a running street battle. Track eight, on the other hand, is jaunty, upbeat and the most uplifting tune on the album – tinged with hope and full of youthful promise, it's a song for splashing through the summer rain with a huge smile on your face. Yet, despite these variations in mood, the album does have a solid and cohesive feel to it. Indeed, rather than listening to a collection of unrelated tunes, it feels as if this is a single 48 minute long song that, for some reason, just happens to have been broken up into smaller pieces. Throughout all ten tracks, the four members of Te' play fantastically. The two lead guitars are used to great effect to generate soft caressing chords, grinding screeching noises, and everything in between. Masa uses his effects-infused bass to produce energetic swells and swirling collages of sound. And the pounding drums of Tachibana provide a solid foundation for the dreamlike sonic imagery. With Naraba, Imi kara Houkaisareta Hibiki ha "Oto" no Sekai no Shinen wo Kataru, Te' have created a truly wonderful album of epic soundscapes – one that will make the perfect soundtrack to your life. |
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