erratic evolution

First singles

Wee, double and triple meanings! :D Today my two Malice Mizer singles arrived - "Uruwashiki kamen no shoutaijou" and "Saikai no chi to bara".

For the unfaithful out there XD "Uruwashiki..." is MM's first single ever, with Gackt as the vocalist. The back of the CD case-packet-thingy amuses me. There are five little pictures, one of each member. The only one I could pick out on first glance was Mana, and that's kinda to be expected. :D From left to right, I think it's: Mana, Yu~ki, Gackt, Kami, and Közi.

As for the music itself, it's much like the Voyage ~sans retour~ album. It's got the twinkly, synthesized, European sound. At the moment, I'm fond of the C/W track, "Apres Midi ~aru Paris no gogo de~". The font makes it difficult for my inexperienced eyes to read the lyrics, but if I can figure out the kanji, I'll do my best to make a crude translation.

"Saikai..." is the last track on Bara no seidou and the first single released from the album. It's also the first CD that MM put out after Gackt's departure and Kami's death. I think it's one of the better songs on the album - very dramatic, with a violinist, violist, and cellist listed in the credits. The packaging itself is very nifty. It's a little hardcover book, with two two-page concept images and three two-page images of the band members.

I'm currently working on a new layout for the domain itself, which has been horribly neglected. It's had two layouts in one year, and it's really out of date. I had to log in to the FTP just to figure out who all my hostees were. :/ Go me. As for the layout itself, it's going to be very simple. Not a whole lot goes on at the domain - pretty much all my activity happens on my blog.