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Chasing Daybreak (Rain)
Thermosphere
Douwa Kairou

-made the 'mirror magic mix is a bit 2 mello' joke last year. it has this chill lounge feel throughout that I can kind of enjoy in a vacuum but there's a tension and emotion that this lacks, and a sameness throughout. something I always loved about the 'A-side' celeste tracks is that they always made me feel something, and this remix kinda robs the source material of that. this makes me think of an older madeline smoking in a parlour room thinking back on her days climbing celeste mountain in her youth. actually that image kinda makes me feel sad too
-I have a hard time listening to this without thinking of how much more I want from a track from a morishita-involved fire emblem soundtrack. this has cool moments (1:05 jumps out) but it sticks to a lot of safe melodies. this is the kind of track where if it showed up in a soundtrack I had no expectations for I'd be like 'oh this is kinda cool' but here all I can think of is the dynamic feel of tearing through heaven, or the grandeur of apex of the world, or the wildly uncertain moments of paths that will never cross. this just doesn't ignite the same sense of excitement. I spent more overall time listening to other fire emblem music while writing this up than the one in question.

-oh hi it's good to see you back in vgmc dirty androids. midnight lady is cool and funky but I find that I feel the same way about this as I do about mirror magic mix (minus the celeste context)-- a nice vibe that I don't really end up digging as much as I might because I don't FEEL it in my SOUL, or something like that. a uniform feel, a lack of melodic tension or uncertainty. this doesn't ask a lot of questions-- just grab hold of the hook and enjoy! I actually like egret and willow (another dirty androids track from the cannon ballers ost, though apparently originally from sinobuz) and its overexcited fluctuations considerably more.
-thermosphere knows how to make an entrance-- that main synth ostinato is attention-grabbing and awesomely hypnotic. on its own I think the main melody part isn't that interesting but I like its role as a sort of an island of musical order. really love the sounds that come in at 1:08. the part where the rhythm gets really unusual is really cool too but the highlight of the track for me is 2:16, which just feels like a piercing moment of clarity and sky. great track.

-flaming bonds are being tested. they are being tested RIGHT NOW. this is very go shiina, in ways that remind me somewhat of tekken and god eater. (in particular, the melody feels like it takes a half-step towards the opening melody to duomo di sirio 1st before pivoting to something else.) anyway I think this is all right, if a bit plain in approach. the strings/woodwinds (which definitely have a go shiina flair, even if I can't define exactly what that is) push the pace nicely. THEN SUDDENLY synths and an extended guitar section. I guess he's pulling a bit from ace combat as well. the later synths are such a departure from the rest of the track that it almost makes me laugh, like anachronistic space-age machines are invading my fantasy rpg. hey, I don't know the plot to zestiria! maybe that happens.
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-I don't love the way the guitar sounds here, but otherwise this track kicks. there's this uplifting energy to the whole thing. chord changes have those totto moments right from the get-go-- major/minor changes that I really like. 1:05's progression is rad too. this is a blast to listen to thanks totto