1) NEXT
2) asteroid
3) Akuma no Sasayaki
4) altar
5) REVERSE
Containing 5 songs , the mini album was 1st released digitally before the physical copy of the EP was eventually sold at last month's The strange treat! ~CRUISE TICKET~ & ~EXPRESS TICKET~ concerts .
After The strange treat! ~CRUISE TICKET~ & ~EXPRESS TICKET~ concluded last month , the physical copy of odd sting & intrigue EP can now be ordered online .
To say I was pleasantly real surprised how good the material was in odd sting & intrigue is an understatement as it has been so long since I was last been very impressed with Kanon's material .
Prior to odd sting & intrigue , I still feel that Kanon's best material was when she released her debut album Shinshoku Dolce a decade ago as Malice Mizer's Mana did a great job overseeing Kanon's material .
But after that over the years , the material that Kanon personally created herself weren't able to match up to what Mana did for her .
That said the material in odd sting & intrigue EP is easily some if not the best material that Kanon created to date . The only song I'm not so keen on is the last track REVERSE but the others were pretty good .
The other 4 songs in the mini album are not as emo downright dark unlike Kanon's old material but hearing them brings back memories of the good kind .
Now that Kanon is based overseas , I sure hope I wouldn't need to wait so long before she come back with new music but for now , odd sting & intrigue EP no doubt is a fine release that's well deserved to be part of Kanon's discography .
And in this scenario , quality triumphs over quantity .
