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1) NOMAD
2) XYZ
3) Glass no Hitomi
4) Snow
5) Shitsuke
6) Butterfly Effect
7) Teion
8) KILL TIME
9) Rasen no Yume
10) Futsu no Kiseki
SID's last album release was 2014's OUTSIDER . NOMAD includes 3 singles that were all released this year .
All songs in SID's new album were written by vocalist Mao . 6 songs were composed by bassist Aki except for :
- Glass no Hitomi , Butterfly Effect & Teoin ; composed by drummer Yuya
- KILL TIME ; composed by guitarist Shinji
Kicking things off is the 1st new album track that shares the same title as the record and NOMAD (the song) is a great empowering uplifting opening no. .
XYZ is a straightforward upbeat Rock song and it's also the shortest track in NOMAD , just under 3 mins .
Glass no Hitomi is SID's 21st single & it was used to promote the anime movie Kuroshitsuji Book of the Atlantic . On Glass no Hitomi , Mao commented , "We produced the music & lyrics as if we were creating the worldview of Kuroshitsuji together with the movie ."
Snow & Shitsuke are the next 2 album tracks that follow suit . Snow is a laidback mid tempo song while Shitsuke is an outright aggressive track so both no.s are complete opposites of each other .
Butterfly Effect was SID's 22nd single & the single was 1 of the rare instances where there was no B-side/s available (same with their past singles such as hug , White tree) .
Teoin is the only album track that was composed by drummer Yuya & it's also 1 of my favourite new songs in NOMAD as it's quite a cool intriguing no. .
Similarly , KILL TIME is the only song in the album that was composed by guitarist Shinji . I wished this track had a lot more stronger Jazz Bossanova influence as the introduction was promising but that was only quite subtle .
Rasen no Yume is SID's 23rd single & it was used as the opening theme song for the Shoukoku no Altair anime .
Prior to the release of NOMAD , Rasen no Yume was the latest single release from SID .
Concluding things in NOMAD is Futsu no Kiseki . NOMAD (the song) is a great album opening track & it only makes sense to get a good closing no. which's what I felt towards Futsu no Kiseki .
It's quite surreal that it has been so long since SID last released a new studio album as the last few years bassist Aki unexpectedly was the 1st from the group to release solo music , followed by vocalist Mao .
On 1st look , 10 songs in NOMAD doesn't seem a lot but I feel most of the new material is quite good and it's very evident Aki has a flair for composing as all the while , he tends to compose a considerable amount of songs in SID's discography unlike Shinji and/or Yuya .
Also in SID's past studio albums , they don't have the tendency to include instrumental interlude tracks which can be a good or bad thing .
Some might feel shortchanged regarding NOMAD but I personally have no problems with the album as for once , I actually like the album tracks more than the single songs to a certain extent which doesn't happen that often .
That said , I hope I wouldn't need to wait for another 3 years for SID to release another new album once more .