WHY@DOLL - WHY@DOLL Album Review

Released on 8.1.2017 comes WHY@DOLL’s newest, and second overall, album WHY@DOLL. 

What I love about WHY@DOLL: Their voices are very distinctive and complement each other well.

Now let the review begin!

Individual Track Overview:

·Sumire Iolite: The opening track for this album has a very groovy feel to it. Almost reminiscent to 80’s Japanese pop music. It shares a similar style to one of WHY@DOLL’s newest single: Kimi wa Steady.

·Kimi wa Steady: WHY@DOLL’s 4th single continues with the easy listening tunes and compliments the opening nicely. With a little more of an upbeat dance feel to it this is a song you want to dance to while sitting in your car.

·Tokyo Dancing: Keeping with the series of upbeat tracks Tokyo Dancing gives a feeling of a late-night disco party with close friends.

·Koi na no Kana: Still holds an upbeat feeling this song, is a little easier to relax to. Not a strong as the others, but still worth the listen.

·Mahou no Kagami: At this point the album begins to slow down. This song has more of a smooth song to it. You hear more of the girls’ vocal power and range. This is a song that makes you want to dance in your backyard with sprinklers at night.

·Wasurenaide: If you love old 80’s Jpop this is definitely the track for you. Only one slight complaint, the vocals sound slightly flat on this track compared to the others. Although I believe this is intentional to add a carefree feeling to the track!

·Dreamin’ Night: Another easy listening track. The harmonies of this song are well done and the girl’s voices melt together well. This song has a city pop vibe to it.

·Yoru wo Oyoide: An almost hip-hop feeling to this. Another track that really shows off the girls’ vocals. Something I’d recommend when winding done before bed.

·Hello Hello Hello: A song with a different feel from all the others. Instead of the usual pop disco beat formula, this song gives you an old japan feeling with acoustic guitar and a steady beat. The “I want to spin around dramatically on in open plain in the sunshine” type of song.

·Koi wa Shooby Dooby Dooba: A song with a carnival feel and a sense of finale to it. “Koi wa Shooby Dooby Dooba” is the perfect way to wrap the album up. Not to mention the song gives of the vibe of a slice of life anime ending theme!

(WHY@DOLL members Uratani Haruna & Aoki Chiharu)

Final Thoughts:

Although I feel some of the early more upbeat songs may seem to blend together at the beginning of the album, it surely makes up for it with more unique tracks such as “Yoru wo Oyoide” and “Hello Hello Hello”. I believe that the vocals on this album stand out and harmonizing is done very well for the slower songs where they count the most.  I also appreciate that despite the style of WHY@DOLL’s music there isn’t an overuse of auto tune on the member’s vocals. Overall, I give WHY@DOLL’s WHY@DOLL 4 out of 5 stars and would highly recommend it!

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~Jazzichi

Kimi wa Steady MV