Hokai Amplifier and Kimi Tsunagi Five M showed the raw talent and potential that these young and crazy kids from Japan had, but with Sol-fa we finally see AKG actualizing their musical abilities to propel themselves to international rockstar status. From Masafumi's wonderfully sung and emotionally written verses and choruses to the heavily driven yet irresistibly catchy guitar rhythms, the band's sophomore outing proves what many people knew before; AKG are a musical force to be reckoned with, with the power of a 100 watt freight train backing them up. While at times they seem to almost completely step away from their indie-rock sound to borderline pop-punk, what you end with in Sol-fa is a slip into a sort of rock-nirvana between the two that only these crazy Japanese youths could come up with.
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