The Candy Spooky Theater - The Bedroom

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Release Date: 07/05/06
Price: 1500 yen

My Rating

Length - 8/10
Sound quality - 10/10
Songs - 10/10
Overall - 10/10

Review

Consisting of three tracks, "The Bedroom" is the fourth single to be released by Jack Spooky, Zull and Peggy, otherwise known as horror rock band The Candy Spooky Theater. The sound quality is much improved from their first single and even compared to their third single there’s an improvement, and improvement is definitely a good thing.

Track one, "Murder Toy in the Closet" is a fun sounding song with a circus-like sound to it, which is added to by the "da da da da la da da da da daaaa"-ing throughout the song. The lyrics have horror as their theme as usual and talk of dolls hiding in closets and stabbing people and other general craziness. When combined with the manic laughter, they actually give the song even more of a fun feel, in an odd sort of way.

With lyrics clearly inspired by 1970s horror film "The Exorcist", "Exosist" is the second track and is definitely the heaviest song TCST have released so far and sounds the most different to all their other songs. It was written by Zull, rather than Peggy (who writes the more bouncy, Halloween-sounding tracks), and the difference in their writing styles is really obvious, but both styles suit the band. The song works really well within the CD and shows a different side to the band. Jack’s vocals are more powerful than usual on "Exosist" and it enables him to show that he can do more than just "comical horror" vocals.

"The Bedroom" ends with "A Clockwork World", which, in contrast to "Exosist", is a softer, slower song with gentler vocals. Parts of the song are practically acoustic and this adds to the melancholy feel along with Jack’s emotive vocals. The track is essentially a horror themed love song and it ends the CD really well.

Overall "The Bedroom" shows that TCST are improving and growing as a band all the time and are capable of not only performing different types of music, but performing them well. Definitely worth listening to!

Track Listing

1. Murder Toy in the Closet
2. Exosist
3. A Clockwork World

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