Advantage Lucy - Hello Again

By Wonsan Underground

Release Date: 03/26/2007

My Rating

8.5/10!

Review

Advantage Lucy is a two-piece pop band from Tokyo. They used to be a four-piece (their bassist passed away a few years ago and their drummer had to leave due to a disease in his leg) and were signed to Toshiba-EMI. They left Toshiba-EMI in 2000 to form their own label, Solaris Records, and had not released any material in almost five years before this EP. But man, it must have been worth the wait.

The EP is rather short (only three songs), but it makes up for it in quality. The first song, "Hello Again", is a nice acoustic piece that’s very upbeat and catchy. It sounds like a lot of the two-piece pop bands you’ll find signed to some Sony labels, but this song is very well composed and the vocals are very relaxing.

The second song, "Smile", is also an acoustic piece but less upbeat and bit more on the sad side. Again, the vocals are very relaxed, and some of it is even sung in English. The only problem I have is that it drags on and I’m waiting for something to happen. But nothing ever does.

The third song is a live recording of "Chikyuu" which is also, yes you guessed it, acoustic. I was surprised by the sound quality and thought this was actually done in the studio before I saw this was done live. The guitars are good and have great transitions, as are the vocals.

It took me some time to really get into this EP, but after a few listens I can’t get enough of it. Advantage Lucy is great and this EP is a good place to start off if you want to hear them. This is definitely for indie kids and J-Poppers. The vocals are great and the instruments do wonders to give this album an emotional feeling, whether happy or sad.

Track Listing

1. Hello Again
2. Smile
3. Chikyuu (live)

Where Can You Buy the CD?

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