With pop-punk overflowing in their veins, Hinoyamatai aimed at the bullseye but instead missed the target with this release.
Continuing our review series of DYNAMIC CHORD‘s 2nd shuffle series we find Hinoyamatai. This shuffle unit includes Takuma Terashima (vocals – Liar-S), Toriumi Kousuke (guitar – rêve parfait), Yuichiro Umehara (bass – Apple-Polisher) and Yashiro Taku (drums – KYOHSO).
Title: ROCK WITH YOU Label: Asgard/Honeybee black Release date: 22/02/2017 Genre: Pop-Punk
Tracklist:
1 - ROCK WITH YOU 2 - First Meeting 3 - Second Meeting 4 - Intimate time with Kuon 5 - Intimate time with Sakura 6 - Intimate time with Shinomune 7 - Intimate time with Shinobu 8 - ROCK WITH YOU (instrumental)
Track analysis:
1 – ROCK WITH YOU
The mid-tempo hi-hat-driven drums to kick off this song in the best way. With a hint of playfulness, “ROCK WITH YOU” benefits from having Terashima on vocal duty.
His low-toned vocals really add some edge to the song, although they lack energy – something pivotal in pop-punk.
Still, if it wasn’t for him to add some spice to this song it would have been a rather boring listen, as the instrumental barely ever strays away from the same rhythm or add anything interesting to the mix.
Despite kicking off on a good note the song proved to be nothing more than an okay listen.
“ROCK WITH YOU” is available for purchase at CDJAPAN.
