I felt that
Wake me up was a poor example of a epic Phrased Differently song because it didn't sound as awesome as I was expecting based on what I heard from two CMs that I saw. It was rather saddening because usually I'm always addicted to their songs but this just made me think, "is this really their song...? o.o". Lyrics are great and different than usually, which I like a lot.
I need to see the PV to see if it changes my opinion on the song.
I loved
Sweet scar since the first listen. It gave me this SEASONS vibe that I always love though I have a love/hate relationship with the song. Sweet scar was absolutely beautiful. It's also my #1 favorite song on again. I haven't seen the PV for this song either but I probably will eventually.
Snowy kiss made me think of Namie's Concentration 20 at once. I've always liked TK's electronic vibes in his music and I was happy he brought them back. As a whole this song made me feel bored as hell. I couldn't concentrate on it at all. And it should've been a minute shorter imo. A little bit too long for me.
Ivy is my #2 favorite song on the album. I really love the early 00s vibe here too. Most notably this song gives me the same feel than Namie's Himawari, which is one of my favorite songs ever. Ivy is beautiful and even made me cry a little, which is always a great thing imo.
I loved the acoustic orchestra versions for Missing and Melody so much♥
Wake me up and snowy kiss remixes were nice too. I think Wake me up (Remo-con remix) should have been the original version because it gave me the right fierce feelings that original mix couldn't give me. Awesome work. Snowy kiss (Shohei Matsumoto remix) was just as good as I was expecting from this remixer. I'm familiar with his work as he has remixed Kuu's songs for every DRIVING HIT'S album there is.
As a whole package I'd say this "mini" is great, but for me it can't pass the epicness of LOVE at all. Even if again was great, I still felt that it lacks something but maybe it's just that I wasn't in a huge Ayu mood while listening to it for the first time. Time will show if I will be crazy over it at some point but at the moment I'm not a big fan. Maybe somewhere in 2013 I will suddenly realize how awesome this really is, who knows? It happened with Secret and A Song for xx too, so I wouldn't be surprised that again will face the same situation too.
