This is a deeply Evangelion-influenced visual novel soundtrack, and it wears that influence on its sleeve with track names like "Alone in Tokyo-3," "Asuka Sorrow," and "Rei Playground." But rather than feeling derivative, the score uses those reference points as launching pads for something more introspective and psychologically textured.
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"Waypoints to Deadends" opens with an uneasy beauty that sets the tone for the entire album. "Synesthetic Vision" and "Distorted Mind" lean into the title's concept of crossed sensory wires, blending ambient textures with dissonant piano lines that feel genuinely unsettling.
"Circulus Vitiosus" -- the vicious circle -- builds with a cyclical structure that mirrors its name, while "Misato Apartment" captures that specific late-night, post-crisis exhaustion. The inclusion of "Raindrop (Chopin's Prelude No.
15)" grounds the more experimental pieces in classical tradition. Character-named tracks like "Aoki Misery," "Tarou Lies," and "Shintarou Malice" each carve out distinct emotional spaces for their respective storylines. The reprises of "Revelation" and "Gemini" suggest narrative loops and recurring trauma.
"Moon Melody" and "Moonloop" pair beautifully as companion pieces, and "Wake Up" closes the emotional arc with the kind of fragile hopefulness that earns its resolution. A thoughtful, atmospheric score for a psychological narrative.