people can say what they want about 12012. but one thing is for sure: they ARE constantly changing (within their genre of course). every album sounds diferent. i mean just compare mar maroon (which is also a very good album, allthough its poppy as hell!) to SEVEN. SEVEN is actually a very dark themed album. anyways up to the review SADNESS & JUST THE WAY YOU ARE belong together and make a great melancholic introduction to this album, the chorus is great. great emotions. GOSSAMER: i think this is really cool! reminds me so much of old indie 12012. did everybody notice that wataru screams in almost everysong, even the ballads, on this album? i love it. the transition to USUBENI TO AME is also very good. this was a very good single, my fav single track after THE PAIN OF CATASTROPHE. LAST TRAIN: definitely my favourite song on the album. the background band vocals are so old school, this whole song is so different from everything they did before. well i am defenitely biased. 12012 is my favourite band since 2006 (Heart single made me fall in love). but i am defenitely able to recognize bad compositions (which you hardly find in 12012 disco) and i am no Mitsu who is 1000/10 all the time. so this song is a great piece of music. and another great transition to KUBARARETA CARD...: alltough the song itself is not that great. i have problems with this. im not used to it allthough i listened to the album like 6 times already. in my opinion the weakest song on the album. wataru getting high in the chorus in the end is also not the most wise decision made. BIRHTDDAY PARTY OF SECRET ROOM: ok, what a fucked up title. and wataru screaming the title in the chorus with alot of emotion doesent make this feel less strange. besides of that the composition and the mix of hard (dig the strophes) and emotional 12012 rock (chorus) is very well done. like it very much. M: interesting. could have been a b side though. but its short, and i really thing it fits into the flow of the album right after BIRTHDAY... (i have no desire to write the title of that song). his brrrrrrrrr sound right in the beginning is really bad though. but i really like to get crazy to the chorus with its rhythmic guitar riff. solid! RURI: does any 12012 ballad ever failed? (besides aitai kara which was a bit supeficial). no. nor does this. nor does confession. TATTOO: the weakest single imo. but still a rather good song with a good chorus. mayakshi: like it very much! emotional standard mid tempo rocker. well made. and yet another great transition to THE PAIN OF CATASTROPHE: one of the albums highlights. awesome chorus, awesome intro. awesome hard strophes. CONFESSION outro. the song itself is another brilliant 12012 ballad. the SEVEN minute long outro (i seperated the song into the CONFESSION song itself and the outro (i called it SEVEN ) is a great ending track. really sad melody, and i ADORE the transition to this anime/computer game ending electronic thingy at the end. reminds me of the computer game "Oni" haha. all in all i give this album 8/10. it has less "Hits" than other 12012 albums before, but i feel this beeing a concept album, with many songs flowing into each other, and it somehow makes "sense" listening to this album from start to the end. it has such a different feeling compared to any other 12012 album and thats one thing i love about these guys, every album feeling/sounding is different. and i think this album shows who the boys matured. its a really grown up album. one thing that i really want to say in the end is this: i hate 12012's production quality. i think their production was better in underccode times. and this, seriously, i dont get! they are major now but their drums sound like shit, the guitars, compared to other major acts, lack impact, weight and pressure. with a good production their ballads would sound even more mesmerizing and the hard tracks would be really bombs. so there are 2 things i wish from 12012 for the future: 1. maintaining their composition talent 2. IMPROVE YOUR PRODUCTION. thx fo reading.
