CD Review :: Shota Shimizu - Pulsatilla cernua

CD Review :: Shota Shimizu - Pulsatilla cernua

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CD

1) Bad Karma
2) DON'T FORGET MY NAME
3) Syrup
4) Hikouki Gumo
5) KAGEROU
6) tomato
7) Sick of u
8) Naimononedari
9) PUZZLE
10) Epilogue (Instrumental)

Pulsatilla cernua is Shota Shimizu's 11th album & it was released on 18th June .

Shota's last album release was 2023's Insomnia .

Pulsatilla cernua is Shota's 1st album release to get a CD + Blu-ray version alongside with his 1st ever fanclub version of a release pertaining to his latest album release .

Shota's new album has 10 songs , inclusive of :

- DON'T FORGET MY NAME

This's the lead album track which was 1st released digitally on last month 28th May & it has a video made

- Syrup ; released digitally in April

- tomato ; released digitally on 11th June

- PUZZLE ; released digitally last Oct

I enjoy Shota Shimizu's last 2 album releases HOPE & Insomnia so naturally I was curious to see if I would like his latest album offering Pulsatilla cernua which luckily I do to a certain extent .

Autotune is still present in Pulsatilla cernua but thankfully this has been kept to a bare minimum and instead the majority of Shota's new album allowed him to let his vocals shine & not having auto tune to conceal his singing to the extreme .

The strength in Pulsatilla cernua is no doubt the mid tempo driven numbers & also ballads . Both music genres showcase what Shota vocally excelled in the best , such as the album's new material ie. Hikouki Gumo , KAGEROU & tomato .

If there's 1 thing to nit pick on Pulsatilla cernua is that I wished Shota would have included a bit more new material as the album overall felt a bit too short .

In addition I don't think DON'T FORGET MY NAME should have a video made . Instead this should have been given to KAGEROU as that to me is the standout new song in Pulsatilla cernua .

Aside from that , Pulsatilla cernua is overall quite a worthy follow up to Insomnia and most of the new songs in the album I enjoy especially the 3 songs I singled out (Hikouki Gumo , KAGEROU & tomato) .

I look forward to see what Shota Shimizu will release next & if he were to release another song like PUZZLE I'm up for it as this's the type of song he should be releasing a lot more often & in return people will and have responded to it positively .