SHOWTA. - Haru na no ni
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01. Haru na no ni 02. Samidare no Uta 03. Haru na no ni (Instrumental)

Awww, I like SHOWTA. That’s a guy, btw. He has a very high, clear voice (think Keita of w-inds. before he hit puberty), and these songs are gentle and wintery feeling. Very nice single! We should be seeing an album from his shortly…

Heart’s Grow - Kasanaru Kage
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01.Kasanaru Kage 02. SORA IRO 03. YELL 04. Kasanaru Kage (Instrumental)

Fun single, very upbeat and happy! I think SORA IRO is a bit repetitous, but YELL is a cool song. Pretty strong single, overall!

Kalafina - obvious
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01. oblivious 02. Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaeteiku 03. Kizuato

WHOA. New project of Kajiura Yuki, who brought us the nifty sounding songs of various animes such as .hack//SIGN, plus the composition-collab FictionJunction series. This single is AWESOME. She has such a beautiful tone of voice, and has so much control over it as well, and couple that with the haunting melody of obvious plus two very solid extra songs makes this single the next on my “buy” list! Looking forward to future releases from her, as well!

Those three singles were my favorites, but other notables include ZARD’s fan-picked best album, Amano Tsukiko’s new indies-release HEAVEN’S GATE, and THE BACK HORN’s new BEST album. Fun week! Next week, the crowning jewel seems to be Koda’s new album, and her single this week was solid, but I guess we shall see. Till next time!

Which releases did you guys like this week? Looking forward to anything for next?