Soaked in the fine wine of urgency are D'erlanger on the album La Vie en Rose. Released in 1989, this visual kei rock band's cohesive blend of punk and alternative rock is by no means special, and yet it's absolutely charismatic. Consistency and raw sentiments are the name of the game here, and D'erlanger aim with flying colors in those regards. The instrumentation is tough as nails, upfront, and it's to the point as well, while this group's vocalist Hiroshi "Kyo" Isono's performance drips with enough passion to incarcerate conjoined twins whose minds were violated. As one of the earliest groundbreaking acts in the VK scene, to say that the band's creative juices started to flow back then would be sort of an understatement.
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