RIN’ - “ANTI HERO”
Okay, on paper this sounds a teensy bit interesting: three Japanese girls combining traditional Japanese instrumentation with modern “pop” music.
U=Then you see this show up in your mailbox:
I feel like this cover art is suck. I totally feel like I am doing something illegal when I look at it. What was the concept for this cover art? Sex sells? Maybe. Even when “sex” is “three…youthful Japanese ‘sakuras’ in a somewhat compromising nude and…penetrable camraderie?”
The music is totally bland and awkward: the Japanese instrumentation is forced into the context of modern music and it sounds silly more than anything. It sort of sounds like bad Sade with funny noises. There is no doubting the girls’ talent as musicians, but the project as a whole is 100% boring and the cover art makes it a whole new kind of ridiculous.
The track I upped is hardly the worst song on the record. It may actually be the best, as it is shorter than most of them and is catchy sort of. But the catchiness lies in the cheesy music (particularly the Japanese instrument that follows the singing) and dummy-fairy-tale lyrics. Apparently Lisa Loeb sings on this song. I guess she neeed a new pair of glasses.
Official Website: http://www.domo.com/Rin
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/rinnetwork
