Luminous Orange - Songs Of Innocence
Country: JapanLabel: Zankyo Records
Released: 2 June 2010
Genre: Alternative-Rock / Shoegaze / Indie-Rock
Details:
* Japanese Jewel Case Edition
After breaking 2 years of silence with the 2009 release of Japan’s most renowned alternative rock band Luminous Orange, the band comes back once again with a brand new full-length effort “Songs of Innocence”. With 18 years of experience from its initial conception, the band does not fall to any symptoms of lethargy or deterioration, but instead, are charged with limitless energy and vigor, transcending all that the band has achieved thus far, and eschewing the faults of what many “shoegazer” bands have attempted and failed.
The opening track “Song of Innocence” proves to be a perfect gambit as it gracefully portrays the band’s signature color. The song strides off with a very soft and pop intro; gradually developing into a labyrinthine stretch of dreamy chorus of sopranos, followed up with light, blissful echoes of whistles which cause an enchanting paradigm shift. The solid drums and harrowing guitars in “Untold” ruthlessly charges through as though a sonic riptide has been unleashed. The brilliantly intertwining riffs in “Sea of Lights” perfectly match the name of the track, as it casts stimulating panorama in the listeners mind. “Autumn Song” is a graceful song anchored upon complex drums and graceful guitar sounds. The subtle electronic sparkles featured within the interlude exemplify the ever-evolving stance of the band. The strangely charming track “Yuekin Spring Moon” embarks upon a peculiar chord progression, as though if it takes the listener into a different world.
With unpredictable song structures, idiosyncratic chord progressions, barrage of ever-changing time signatures, the album is laced with multiple sparks of innovation which can only be derived from a natural stream of consciousness of a select mind. Switching from the rigid to the fragile, the frantic to the mellow, Luminous Orange cleverly encapsulates a very dense creation into a short span of just approximately one hour, displaying their endless journey and hunger for innovation.
Tracklisting:
1. Song of Innocence
2. Untold
3. Sea of Lights
4. Autumn Song
5. Riverboat
6. I Saw No More
7. Yueqin Spring Moon
8. Violet
9. Dusk, Train and the Bridge
10. Blaze of Light
11. Song of Experience
