New singles crossroad 9/22 and 「L」 9/29 [VII]

[waterballoon]

I love the melody & arrangement! I think she sounds pretty fine too, just that the high notes sound kind of... her usual self, which isn't to my liking lol... ah well, I still like it a lot though

[YuriChan]

Originally Posted by Sexylittlethings

But why are you saying it is old-school / ASFXX? I don't hear ANY similarity. ASFXX had squeeky and synthy instruments, and Ayu sounded super high pitched. In crossroad you hear gorgeous organic instruments and Ayu sings in her 'recent' voice.

O.o How can you not? It sounds a bit like POWDER SNOW if you ask me! You're also forgetting that A Song For xx was made in the 90's (kind of similar to the 80's when we had synthy instruments)! <.< If you ask me, it's a crossover between old and new! <33

[Sexylittlethings]

What is this "90's sound"?

[Didz-19]

Originally Posted by Sexylittlethings

What is this "90's sound"?

yeah!! me too....what is this 90's sound like??? i wanna know~~

[JackieRos]

I love the preview is so beautiful man the covers don't fit so well but
I'm getting used to the covers, she does look cute.

Very nice nice.

gah the preview!!!!!

[AyUmIXx]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

I love the melody & arrangement! I think she sounds pretty fine too, just that the high notes sound kind of... her usual self, which isn't to my liking lol... ah well, I still like it a lot though

hehe u don't rly like her old style vocal?
me too actually, but i'm gonna give her chance..i love the song already after listening to the a-nation live recording..specially the verse part..
when she sang live, she didn't sound like the old style~

[YuriChan]

Originally Posted by Sexylittlethings

What is this "90's sound"?

The early 90's were a bit synthy... But I think this song is a pretty good example of a 90's sound... ^^;; (YEEAH, I'm a music person. )

[MissElin_]

Well, it's a sweet song. Thats pretty much all I want to say about it. And I don't see the connection the song have to the covers. I'm either superexcited nor superdisapointed.

[nanakopy87]

i quite like the preview.hopefully the whole song will be amazing!

[Sexylittlethings]

@HONEY: Yes, that clip sounds very ASFXX. But I still think crossroad sounds nothing like that synthy sound, instead it sounds very organic and full. o.o

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by AyUmIXx

hehe u don't rly like her old style vocal?
me too actually, but i'm gonna give her chance..i love the song already after listening to the a-nation live recording..specially the verse part..
when she sang live, she didn't sound like the old style~

in the part of the chorus where she hits her high notes; yeah it's in the "style" of her old voice, but I feel like her voice back then had a clearer quality to it, whereas this one here sounds a little flat and bleh and shrilly imo.

But again, this isn't exactly super HQ so maybe a CD-rip in the future will change my mind!

[AyUmIXx]

^ yeap guess so..
haha..
yea even though she sounds like the oldschool ayu but it still has the rough-ness on it..just like her current vocal..
vocal does change when someone gets older rite?

[Sexylittlethings]

..Where in the chorus does she hit high notes comparable to ASFXX era? ô.o I only hear at 00:31 one time.

[Kanzaki]

^
Don't take everything people say super-duper literally. We know not to do this at this point. People get excited over her new music, of course, and we all write stuff that might not exactly be 100% true, like "zomg, her voice is totally high-pitched!" and people go "Err, no?"

Anyway. It's a really nice song. I've listened to the preview a couple of times, and it's good. I hope it will tie in nicely with the other songs.

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by Sexylittlethings

..Where in the chorus does she hit high notes comparable to ASFXX era? ô.o I only hear at 00:31 one time.

I meant, that particular one time

[amorphose]

The arrangement is much better now, that's for sure, but the melody is still ugly. I liked the last part of the preview when it got all soft though. I want a preview of SEVEN DAYS WAR, or some information on "L."

[Sexylittlethings]

@waterballoon: Ah, okay, haha.

@Kanzaki: When someone says she sounds as high-pitched as in the ASFXX area, I don't see how taking that comment seriously = taking it super-duper literally. Either you think it's as high-pitched as in the ASFXX area and you post that, or you don't. Clearly it was seriously, as it's the 00:31 note.

[ohsixthirty]

the preview is sounding much much better, but i'm still not convinced by this song. i'm hoping it will grow on me.

[AyUmIXx]

let's wait til we get to hear the verse part..
i think that's the best part of the song..
I'm already in love with the song when listening to the audio live recording..
that verse part just WOW

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

The "L" font has been added on mu-mo's site