Strawberry Avalanche

soooo... 2 of my current favourite groups each released an album recently! yayyy :D
overall, i'm very happy with these 2 albums. each song in each album has a different feel to it, showing how versatile both groups are. good job beast and b.a.p!

okay lets talk about midnight sun first.
i saw a tweet from shinsadong tiger that asks us to listen to the album in this order:
when i miss you, midnight, it's not me, beautiful night, dream girl, the day you rest.
so when i met up with my cousin on sunday, we listened to the album in that order while reading the lyrics and we came up with a storyline for the album:
the guy broke up with girlfriend and he misses her, so much so that he can't sleep at midnight.
(okay then the other 4 songs don't really link to the first 2 but okay never mind)
the guy cheated on the girlfriend, went to the club and had a beautiful night, met his dream girl and turns into a possessive boyfriend.
which maybe then led to their break-up in the first place. so its like a flashback?
actually i think it'll make more sense if its in this sequence:
beautiful night, dream girl, it's not me, the day you rest, when i miss you, midnight.
okay new story:
the guy went to a night club behind his girlfriend's back and had a beautiful night, where he met his dream girl. however, his girlfriend found out about his night and he tried to lie his way out of it. on top of that, he acted like a possessive boyfriend and all these led to their break up and then the boyfriend miss his girlfriend a lot, so much so that he can't sleep in the midnight.
end.

i like the change in this album. all along beast sang about being cheated on, left behind by their girlfriends, missing their girlfriends, how beautiful their girlfriends are etc etc but BOOM. all of a sudden they became boys who visit nightclubs behind their girlfriends' backs and lying about it and also they became insecure, possessive boyfriends.
GOOD BOYS GONE BAD.
love it.

favourite song in this album

junhyung's part is totally not rapping but singing right?
this style of this song suits them best i think.
and apparently this song is composed by junhyung. good job good job.

okay next, b.a.p's no mercy.
as usual, with b.a.p's songs, you have to read the lyrics to appreciate the song.
all except "dancing in the rain".
i mean, on one hand, you have lyrics criticising the society, mocking the fakers, encouraging people and on the other hand you have this song with lyrics like
"Already I’m ready
You’re very tipsy baby
You want me too
Already I’m ready
You’re very sexy baby
Lift me up and love me tonight".
no, really?
that aside, the rest of the songs are pretty good.

my favourite song in this album:

love how they make use of the number tone in the background.
and daehyun's voice~
as usual, can barely hear himchan and jongup.
and apparently this song is composed by bang yong guk. good job, bang.
this song has such a dark, gloomy feeling. if this song has an mv, i bet it'll be raining inside. everything will be sort of gray-scaled, and daehyun would be hitting his high notes in the rain. hahahaha.

the ballads of both albums are also pretty awesome

(jongup and himchan finally got to sing!!)
camparing the 2 ballads, the beast's one is better.
i'm sorry daehyun, but yoseob's voice is still my favourite.
without looking at the lyrics, just listening to the last few lines of the song that yoseob sang already drove me close to tears.
and b.a.p's ballad sounds like something that some other groups that specialise in ballads would sing.

in conclusion,
in this battle between midnight sun and no mercy,
the victory goes to midnight sun.

afterall, b.a.p is still a rookie group and they have a long way to go.

Tuesday, July 24