It’s unfortunate that the rest of the songs on “Butterflies” don’t follow the kind of metamorphosis “Parade” does, but fans should be happy nonetheless. The true highlight, however, is “Parade.” It begins with a captivating piano melody before adding on more and more vocals and instruments until it finally hits an explosive climax. There are still a few bright spots on “Butterflies.” “Hello, World!” picks up the slack from the album’s other tracks with a complicated melody, and singer Motoo Fujiwara’s vocals really shine. Also, given the country’s booming netlabel scene, Bump of Chicken could have had its pick of newer talent to create something truly innovative. A lot of bands in Japan are blending EDM into their songs and getting better results. It’s less “go!” and more “do you want to go?”īump Of Chicken experiments with EDM (electronic dance music) on “Butterfly,” with the result sounding a little like Coldplay and Avicii’s 2014 collaboration “A Sky Full of Stars.” But in 2016 the experiment feels dated. It would’ve been better if the band was more forceful and aggressive. The album opens with the track “Go,” but it seems to stall instead. The last album Bump of Chicken gave us was 2014’s “Ray,” and it’s good when a band has a signature sound, but “Butterflies” ends up feeling like a giant retread of its usual alternative rock. Butterflies is the eighth studio album by Japanese band Bump of Chicken, released through Toys Factory on February 10, 2016.
Track listing No.That’s not to say “Butterflies” is all bad, it’s just nothing new.
Acclaim was reserved for the tracks "Hello, World!" and "Parade", with the former noted for its "complicated melody" on which vocalist Motoo Fujiwara "really shine", and the latter for its "captivating piano melody" with an "explosive climax". Taylor also wrote that with the track "Butterfly", the band "blending" EDM into their sound 2016 feels "dated", and that other Japanese bands "are getting better results" when doing so. Writing for The Japan Times, Ronald Taylor called Butterflies "nothing new", comparing it to the sound of the band's previous album, 2014's Ray, in that it is "like a giant retread of its usual alternative rock".
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