Silent Siren - S Review

Silent Siren is a rock band who make incredibly idol-like pop rock. "S" is their 4th album, following up last year's "Silent Siren". This band was honestly not on my radar at all, but there was a lot of hype surrounding this release. After a ton of suggestions, I decided to take a look at "S". I'm really glad that I did!

The first song on the album is "Cherry Bomb", and what an introduction! As the first song I've ever heard from the group, I'm not disappointed in the slightest. It's catchy, almost too catchy, and just so sweet. It has a super cute refrain of "cherry cherry bomb" all through the song, and you really could mistake it for an idol song if it wasn't for the rock instrumentation backing it all up. Love it.

"milk boy" is another song that caught my attention right off the bat, with the band showing a little bit of pop punk influence with some nice power chords filling out the track. The chorus is really great too, and there's a part in the bridge where they delve into a sort of circus or carnival style sound. The first ballad-like song of the album comes right after in the form of "Happy Marriage". It's a cheerfully upbeat song, but just slow enough to call a ballad.

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Some other standout points are the amazing bass lines in "Love install", the ACTUAL ballads "hikari", "alarm", and "nukumor", and the group chorus vocals in "C.A.F.E." The closing song here is a cover of ZONE's "secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~", another ballad covered here in good form. It's the longest song on the album, at just under six minutes long. It's slow and pretty, a calming end to an exciting album. I probably would have chosen "C.A.F.E." as the ending song, personally, but I like their version "secret base" enough anyway.

I love this album! As someone who had never heard Silent Siren, I'm really glad "S" came out when it did. "Cherry Bomb" is already among my favorite songs of the year, and I'm sure this album will be among my favorites as well. Highly recommended.

Favorites: Cherry Bomb, milk boy, Happy Marriage, Yoshida-san

Track List:
1) Cherry Bomb
2) Hachigatsu no Yoru
3) milk boy
4) Happy Marriage
5) Love install
6) hikari
7) Yoshida-san
8) Leila
9) alarm
10) nukumor
11) C.A.F.E.
12) Slow Morning
13) secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~

Silent Siren Is:
 Suu – Vocals, Guitar
Hinanchu – Drums
Ainyan – Bass
Yukarun – Keyboard

For More Information:
Website: http://silent-siren.com/
Blog: http://ameblo.jp/silentsirenblog/