Queen coming back with a mini-album, and boy she always pumps me up. It sounds like nothing to be pumped up, but this girl truly know how to do it. For example, on Trust Nothing But Love she pushes forward her already-present intensity to new heights, and knowing how intense she already was, that shows you how incredible this is. What is appreciable is also how her singles (Fanfare and Riot, didn't listen to the third one) went from disappointing at first to pieces that work well in this mini-album context. Sadly, I can't help but feel slightly underwhelmed by this: the English-sung bits do not work as well as the Japanese ones, Apple Song is not impacting enough for a closer, and I've always preferred the most abrasive spectrum of her music, and this mini-album is not as heavy as her first full-length. Still, is it bad? Hell nah bruv, it's just not as good as Haru to Shura. But then I'm biased, because Haru was a revelation for me last year, so, you know, I can just shut up, stop being a complaining brat and just enjoy the cool music a girl from Japan gave me. With Envy's The Fallen Crimson, Ichiko Aoba's singles and now this, Japan once again proves it's full of incredible artists who do not hesitate to play with music, and, most importantly, convey emotions, something us Westerners take too often for granted. It's harder to feel what the artists want to tell you when you don't understand what they're saying. Haru always manages to make you understand what she's feeling.
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