Smoky jazz meets chiptune and it actually works. "Noir Theme (Live Ver.)" opens with a saxophone line that belongs in a rain-soaked alley, setting the hard-boiled tone immediately. The track naming is half the fun: "Donuts & Handcuffs," "Ramen as a Concept" into "Ramen as a Truth" tells a whole story arc about noodle soup.
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"Dreaming in Solitude" goes soft and contemplative before "Dream Becomes a Nightmare" tears it apart. The escalation pairs are brilliant, "Things Have Gone South" leading to "Things Have Really Gone South" with increasingly unhinged arrangements.
"Junkyard Blues" into "Junkyard Brawl" does the same trick. A pixel-art detective RPG soundtrack with genuine noir soul and a sense of humor about itself.