Grrrl, Summer Cape Kid, etc.

I was really excited about this release; I love Yukari Fresh, one of my favorite artists under the category of Shibuya Kei, but I have to say that I wasn't very impressed at all. The album which is actually under the time requirements of an album (so really it's an EP) and is 14 minutes long, only three tracks break 2 minutes, but technically only 2, because the last track is more or less an instrumental of Grrrl. I could say that I feel the price of the 'album' isn't worth it for the amount of music you get, but that's not all: the music is, although pretty good, bad on the scale of Yukari Fresh's catalogue. Most tracks try to attempt some sort of Indie rock sound complete with drums, guitars and various sampling, much below the wit that Yukari Fresh usually displays in her music. And what's worse is most tracks are so bland and repetitive that if they actually were longer they'd been even weaker. I'd have to say the only tracks I do really like are the first 2 and Interstellar Kiss And Ride. There are, however, two tracks that I absolutely can't stand: The World Of Beez which is a noisy punk-esque forray that plagues contemporary rock music, and 'Edwin Blaze' which tries to sound like some vintage commercial for soda pop (Yukari Fresh usually does great work incorporating vintage aesthetics, but not here). Overall though, this release apparently wasn't meant to be much more than what it is, but even still it pales in comparison to, say, Trefoils Hat or Cityrama, or rather anything from her early catalogue. To sum it up in words, it's a pretty forgettable release, but she has enough other music for that to be okay.