However, this is a bit deceptive, as the song does pick up as it proceeds on, eventually ending up pretty close to up-tempo itself, even including a nice guitar solo. After being greeted by a loud guitar riff, Southern Cross launches into a softer, mid-tempo song that seems to be slowing us down a bit after the first couple of really upbeat tracks. Ray ends what I consider to be the first movement of the album (I feel as though there are four total) and the fourth song, "Southern Cross", ushers us into the second. It's playful, it's happy, and yet it's both instrumentally adventurous and, from what I can gather from my rudimentary Japanese knowledge, much deeper than it appears at first glance. Overall, Niji wo Matsu Hito is a pretty good song and continues the mood set forth in the album's intro, which is in turn, passed on to the album's title track, "ray". I'd loosely classify this as a mixture of synth-rock with a pop-rock anthem, with the most notable difference from the version we've all heard thus far being that the balance seems to have been altered slightly so that the song's electronic elements are more predominant.
#Bump of chicken ray movie
Next up, we have "Niji wo Matsu Hito", which was used as the theme for the "Gatchaman" movie back in August. WILL is both alive and immersive, definitely fulfilling its purpose of pulling you in and preparing for the rest of what's to come. RAY starts off with "WILL", an interestingly playful mix of electronics and guitar that seems to invoke the signature space theme that Bump of Chicken have carried through most of their albums. Nonetheless, I think that's enough lead-up - from here forward, I'm going to review the album track-by-track and then give my opinion on the release overall (I can't promise that I'm not going to be a little bias), both alone and in comparison to their past couple of studio sets.
#Bump of chicken ray full
This week has been full of a lot of excitement and trepidation for me, since even though I was extremely hyped up for this release, that can sometimes get the better of you and make you disappointed when you first listen to an album. This is an album that I've been looking forward to for a long, long time now, ever since it was announced back at the end of October.
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