- Siren (サイレン)
- My treasure
- Siren ~Instrumental~
- My treasure ~Instrumental~
Normally I try to avoid bad music, or at least blogging about it, but this time I’ll make an exception, on the grounds that I feel it’s my duty to make sure no one has to endure the kind of torture I just experienced in the past 7 minutes.
This single is bad. So, so bad. I can’t even think of words to describe this complete trainwreck. The songs themselves are an utter mess — although strangely the b-side, “My treasure” to a lesser extent — but the vocals are what really kill it. Nana Kitade, going by the pseudonym Ruby Gloom here, has permanently damaged my ears. Her voice is weak and thin, high-pitched and screechy but still manages to burst eardrums. That is some real mana power right there.
I think what’s even more perplexing than the fact that this actually got printed — and as the theme song for an upcoming imported animation no less! — is that it marks Nana Kitade’s 11th single. How did she get this far with that voice? How?! Okay, maybe she doesn’t sound like this normally — I sure hope not — but I’m not about to take my chances and find out. I think a little part of me died listening to this. Please, avoid at all costs.
2 responses so far ↓
renaye // April 11, 2008 at 6:30 pm |
hmm… i also got no idea how she got this far but i do agree with u that this single is really unpleasant to my ears. i have listened to her previous singles called suicide something .. that was equivalent bad too. but that’s only what i think.
Someone // April 13, 2008 at 1:34 pm |
Um, obviously you are new to Kitade Nana.
She always sings like this as it’s her style, just as Momoi Halko sings in a baby-ish bubbly voice.
This kind of singing style is in all of her songs.