Sorairo no Shizuku opens with this crystalline piano melody that immediately tells you what kind of album you're in for. The title track sets a wistful, rainy-afternoon mood that the whole first half carries beautifully.
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"A Glance from the Darkness" shifts into something tense and low, a real contrast to the softness around it. "Elegy for Those who Hold the Power" has this weight to it that the arrange version later on the disc opens up even further.
The back half is all rearrangements of earlier tracks, which sounds lazy but they genuinely reframe each piece. "Jumping Leaping" goes from bouncy to almost melancholic in its arrange. Worth it if you like vocal/BGM albums that actually reward a full listen.