Friday, November 13, 2009

»» school food punishment - sea-through communication

01 sea-through communication
02 fiction nonfiction
03 butterfly swimmer-Q;indivi-Yusike Tanaka Remix-

On to a happier review: school food punishment's newest single! sea-through communication is their 3rd single on a major label, and it's all kinds of awesome. futuristic imagination didn't blow my mind, and butterfly swimmer made me go 'Ok, it's good...' but this one is tr00 school food punishment awesomeness. To start things, it reminds me a lot of Flow. Flow is my absolute favourite school food punishment song, though set low,fine is right there with it. Anyway, the song is just amazing. From the vocals to the instrumental with all those dangling and distracting sounds, it's simply as catchy as a true upbeat school food punishment song must be. Bullseye, guys!

fiction nonfiction, the b-side, walks hand in hand with the a-side. Actually, I think it walks a few steps ahead of the a-side. The drums and the fast-paced vocals just keep you focused on the song and you just can't help but love it. The bridge kind of makes you think it's going to get boring, but I'm almost positive that they simply thought that it would be too overwhelming to go from the awesome verses to the absolutely wet dream that is the chorus of this song. It has to be heard to be believed. I don't even know how to describe it. Think the happiness and fun of Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~ and make it 10 times faster. Now forget that, that doesn't even come close to it.

As usual, I'll ignore the remix. But it's quite great, really.

All in all, GREAT single. I can't wait to hear more from them, they probably have a full album coming out some time soon, and I hope they keep moving in this direction, 'cause this single was absolute perfection.

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by Sairo!


Friday, June 5, 2009

»» school food punishment - futuristic imagination

01. futuristic imagination
02. flat
03. you may crawl -Takku Ishino Remix-

I was just recently introduced to school food punishment by pengie from unchained. I remember I heard a song from them in one of her podcasts, though I'm not 100% about this, but I do remember that wherever it was that I heard a SFP song, I really liked it. I proceeded to download their three indie albums and it was definitely surprise. I'm not much of an indies band listener, but this really caught me off guard. school food punishment sounded so fresh and true that I couldn't help but listen to them nonstop for days. They have now signed with a major label, and released their first single, futuristic imagination.

When I started listening to them, they were already signed, but hadn't released any songs just yet. I listened to the indie albums and thought 'it would be a shame if they lost their sound now that they're signed'. Thankfully, they didn't. futuristic imagination is a school food punishment song, not a song they were told to play by their label. The freshness is there, the crazy instrumental is there, the catchy drums are there. It wouldn't feel out of place at all if it was in Riff-rain, their third (and most amazing) indie album.

flat, the b-side, is much calmer. It doesn't stand out much at first, but the bridge really caught my ear, and the chorus is very original. The instrumental sets a well-defined rhythm(?) and I guess that's a good thing. Right now this is not as good as futuristic imagination, but I can totally see it growing on me very soon.

you may crawl -Takku Ishino Remix- is a repetitive remix of their 2nd indie album's main song. The original song is terribly awesome, but this remix is not. I violently dislike dub mixes, sorry. They should've just included the instrumental version of futuristic imagination instead.

school food punishment's first major single is a very solid effort. They already have a large following, so I guess it won't be much of a problem that their first major single wasn't as ground-breaking as some as their previous songs, like Flow. They're releasing their second major single, butterfly swimmer, on July 22nd. I can't wait to know what it sounds like.

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by Sairo!