I really want to know what that title means. The lyrics, even when they're in Kyogrish, don't mention anything relating to KR, or a cube, or anything whatsoever. I'd like to stick with the theory that it stems from the element Krypton and it's Kryptonian Cube or whatnot since that seems to make the most sense.
The times are placed here because the two tracks that reappear on other releases have different times and the single in particular has a specific run-time because of the way it was mastered and the way it ends.
[KR]cube is one very weird song, one that even seven years later many people still don't get. Distorted chanting about a candy bar in Japanese starts off the song before Totchi’s bass kicks in. He has a good few seconds of playing before it sounds something like Kyo coughing before the song picks up. Like I mentioned before, Kyo's lyrics have nothing to do with a cube, or the letters KR. It's something about a geisha and him in Gion.
And yes, the song just ends right there like someone cut it off. The version on Macabre was kind enough to finish out the last verse before cutting away. It's jarring and I don't like it.
Jealous -Reverse- picks up with where Cube left off, and it’s a piano led version (which is what the reverse signifies). Quite slow and soothing, if you need to rock out, this isn’t the song for you.Then again, the original Jealous wasn't fast-paced at all so this song drags an already mid-tempo song to a crawl. It's good when you're in the mood for something slower, but otherwise it's agonizingly slow and pales in comparison to the original.
As an aside, the lyrics for this song are depressing and about his past, which every fan should know (and if you don't know it's too depressing to repeat right now).
Weird, eerie, alien-like sounds play along in the background with a melody similar to that of the title track describes the remix. Most of the song is the same until the first verse ends and Kyo jumps off into somewhere else, slowly speeding up and becoming more erratic until the song ends and he vomits. One of the weirdest songs indeed, but it's better than the Myaku remix by far.As for the lyrics I'm not too sure if this reveals anything about the title, but when the title is the most interesting thing about this single then expectations fall short.
I suppose this is the part where the minority of the Gauze fanboys gave up on this band, but [KR] cube is just a weak single. Worth listening to the title track but the other two are completely skippable.
Rating: 3/5
Sunday, June 21, 2009
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