1. 開会式 2. どろん 3. Teenager Forever 4. ユーモア 5. 白日 6. 幕間 7. 飛行艇 8. 小さな惑星 9. Overflow 10. 傘 11. 壇上 12. 閉会式
King Gnu comes back with a new album that has been teased with digital single after digital single for over the past few months. I wouldn't say that the overall sound of Ceremony is a huge departure from their last album Sympa. What's not broken doesn't need to be changed at the moment. There might come a time that this band might become played out but right now their music fits right at home on the Oricon Charts. This band has a sound that uses a lot of instruments that give their version of rock a bright underground vibe. Some of the instruments are horns, violins, Piano, and trumpets. The violins weren't used as much as they were on Sympa since this album stays pretty upbeat. Teenager Forever is the albums lead single that sets the tone for Ceremony's wacky unbeaten path of tracks. None of the tracks sound like the other thanks to King Gnu's very experimental approach to creating music. This album was all about fun times with it's bright choruses and layered vocals between the two vocalists. Ceremony shot right to the top of the Japanese charts at it's time of release, making Ceremony King Gnu's first number one album.
I really enjoy how I never know what sound i'm going to get when I listen to King Gnu's music. The deep vocals mixed with the hight tenner vocals spice up the emotion depending on the track. No other band can copy their sound. Bands like Flow have two vocalists but they never not to the artsy creative level of King Gnu.
Ceremony is an album that I would recommend to anyone want to get into their gig. Their last album was pure magic too. King Gnu is another example of indie working out well in the mainstream market.
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