Folk-rock with teeth, wrapped in Bemani's arcade polish. Asaki's Shinkyoku pulls from traditional Japanese folk melodies but runs them through distorted guitars and complex rhythm game structures. "Moonlight Butterfly" has this haunting vocal line floating over acoustic picking that slowly builds into something much heavier.
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"COCOON" opens the album with layered intensity, vocals and instrumentation weaving together in ways that feel almost ritualistic. "Teardrop" strips things down to raw emotion, just voice and strings that cut deep. The whole collection sits in this strange space between shrine music and rock concert.
If you've ever zoned out playing GuitarFreaks or DrumMania, these are the tracks that were pulling you into a trance.