SOARA’s leader Sora (CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga) leaves a trail of happiness and good memories in its path with “Sorairo no Love Song”.
Titled あの頃の僕らは My Dear Days. (Ano Koro no Bokura wa My Dear Days.), the new CD series has all members of SQ (SolidS and QUELL) and ALIVE (SOARA and Growth) revisiting their old selves.
Title: 空色のラブソング (Sorairo no Love Song) Label: Movic Release date: 28/10/2022 Genre: Pop-Rock
Tracklist:
1 - 空色のラブソング 2 - 空色のラブソング -off vocal-
Track analysis:
1 – Sorairo no Love Song
SOARA’s leader Sora Ohara (CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga) hops on stage for “Sorairo no Love Song“.
A longing electric guitar leads the way for this semi-acoustic, feel-good tune.
The verses have a certain nostalgia underneath, with the acoustic guitars accentuating that.
The soundscape for this song is warm and cozy with the sound surrounding the listener. Acoustic guitar is to your left, electric guitar is to your right while the drums are in front of you as the bassline and piano are close behind you.
The stage is set for Sora to deliver a sweet performance that will put a smile on your face.
The chorus follows the song’s comfortable tempo, only putting all chorus on a major key. This is not a massive change on paper but it changes the dynamics in the song, making it brighter and hopeful instead of nostalgic.
When it comes to the vocals, Toshiyuki Toyonaga (as Sora) focused on capturing both feelings at the core of this song: nostalgia and hope. As a result, his performance goes through ups and downs in intensity to match those.
He is singing a bit lower in the verses and adds a lot of emotion to the chorus to bring forth that happy, hopeful vibe in the chorus.
Looking back to Sora and comparing him to who he is now, this song is a strong show of a mature artist but, at his core, is still as excited and passionate about music as when he kicked off activities with SOARA.
A warm semi-acoustic sound leads the way in “Sorairo no Love Song”, leaving a trail of happiness and good memories in its path.
“Sorairo no Love Song” is available for purchase at CDJAPAN.
