LogFAQs > #974039595

A PM'd song, a quick skim of some album samples, a full rundown of one of said albums, and one extra nayuta song thrown in because I wanted to talk about it:

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La prire, The Universe - :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxekO-oPUhQ

Estimated Score: 54.87

A song performed by two groups joining together. It's not bad, but I don't think any of the performers had a chance to really stand out & the choruses have a lot of repetition. The stalker lyrics are also not bad; no real lines that I'm attached to, but "unhinged stalker romance" does help it stand out compared to the more typical romance songs that we've covered lately. It's also been a while since Google Translate failed so badly at lyrics:

Smelling landmine suicide drinking strike zero escape goat

Okay then.

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Just quickly skimming some samples from various albums, only going to comment on the tracks I'd be most interested in hearing the full versions of:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBJ8ZzxSeWA

The song starting 34 seconds in, I would like to hear that one. The others aren't doing anything for me (a lot of EPIC FIGHTZ type music & pulsing beats), but Solar Prominence or whatever it's called has potential.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIh1ZULyB0

The song starting at 3:04; nice energy, seems like a good anime opening theme song. I think I like it.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpTeBIfZTE4

The song starting at 1:15 might be good. It's reminding me of Tohou or some type of shmup at least, there's some fun "let's shoot stuff" energy contained in these ten seconds.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZfkhzBVySg

I think the first song here has a lot of potential. There's a grand, sweeping majesty to this instrumental that I think could be worth a lot of points if it managed to keep up this high quality for its entire runtime. The last song is another instrumental which has some potential; it's not on the level of the first song, but it may work well for quietly reflecting on things.

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https://twitter.com/tsugaharuka/status/1652170193072963590

The first song is intriguing. It feels like it suits nayuta's voice well, I think I'd like it (probably early-to-mid 60's, judging by this sample); the third song has a latin flair to it--I'm not sure how much I like it, but it definitely stands out and I could see it sneaking into the 60 point zone as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxekO-oPUhQ

The first song is so good that I actively resent this video for cutting it off. Second also seems like it'd probably be an easy 60+ point song... actually I know this particular album is on Spotify, so let's just listen to at least the first two songs from it right now:

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nayuta - Hayate:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6RKniLjpTA3uw1YPdpYxuW?si=b6245a47d77d424b

Estimated Score: 62.29

I think the audio quality is lower here, though it could be my Spotify settings. I also feel like it's wrong for this to be credited to nayuta when she doesn't sing on this track & it's an instrumental by Si-sounds, but I'll stick to how Spotify displays the artist name. Song is pretty! Not as pretty as I had hoped, but I like it.

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nayuta - When the wind blows:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3zYnE6pUR1y56EG8d7NoBo?si=4e602c3477c84ae1

Estimated Score: 60.00

Also not quite as good as I hoped, but the choruses have a really nice energy to them & I like it. It's just not quite a "drop everything to go listen to it immediately" type of like as I'd hoped... still, I like it, so it was worth the detour. Might as well take the next song while I'm here:

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nayuta - I want to remember you:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6CHHpJaSHnkZQSmhX7rBqy?si=88c65db99f1c46d0

Estimated Score: 63.00

I think I'd prefer an instrumental. Listen to it around 1:39 where her voice stops; there's this translucent radiance to the instruments in this section that I'd love to explore, but her singing tends to overpower the backing music which is making that difficult... not to say that I dislike her singing (my fondness for her is why this album was mentioned to me in the first place), I just strangely want more focus on Si-sounds portions.

I will say that I find her singing to go better with the song in the last minute-or-so. The music swells a bit, so she doesn't overshadow it as much, and I feel like there's a greater emotional resonance from her performance than earlier in the track. I'd say this is the best track on the album so far, even if it feels like I'm being negative about too much of it.

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nayuta - Natsukodachi:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1FL6Re1mZNzIiPahjAcNj3?si=d731da228aa64772

Estimated Score: 57.47

Another instrumental track, which is nice... unfortunately, I'm not as into it as the first one and it's not doing interesting things like the previous track, but I do kinda like it. I mean, I wanted more instrumentals from him (her? them?) so this is nice.

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nayuta - I hope I can laugh properly and well:
https://open.spotify.com/track/42Q9MtrnO51BYoeh76GWFD?si=30e5057e1e98439e

Estimated Score: 85.00

Sad song is sad.

...Sorry, but I think that's all you're going to get right now. I kinda love this one and look forward to listening to it again in the future, but I don't think this is the type of sadness that would lead to a very enjoyable writeup for either of us.

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