Sometimes an idea is so absurd it turns genius really fast. The Lasttrak…who mainly remix anime theme songs into, like, dub burners or EDM bruisers…take an extremely popular song from the trio King Cream Soda made for the cartoon Youkai Watch and mashes it up…with Daft Punk. It somehow works, and, honestly, to close out this week…why not, fuck it. Listen below.
Canopies And Drapesの音楽には隠れたとげがあったりします。夢のような雰囲気の”Sleeping Under The Bed”にも、もっとミニマルな”The Door Into Summer”にも、ダークな雰囲気がどこかに潜んでいます。（歌詞の内容であったり、ボーカルの処理の仕方だったり）。Drapesの４枚目のカセット、”Stray Sheep’s Delight”にも何かしらそんな遊びがあるのかな？と思い聴いてみると、収録曲はグループの今までの曲の中でもずば抜けて単純明快。ビート、ギター、ベース、そしてTalk Talkの”I Believe In You”を彷彿とさせるシンセ。全てが上手く混ざり合いポップさが最大限に活かされています。聴けば聴く程難しいテーマが思い浮かびますよ。ボーカルは少し聴こえづらいものの、”my fate is in his hands”という歌詞は確認でき、楽しい曲はよりドラマチックに響きに。より時間を費やせば更なる発見もあるかもしれませんが、単純に一回聴くだけでも楽しむ事のできる良い曲だと思います。
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