I know I’m repeating myself when I say this, but if you’ve heard anything that BiSH have released in the past 12 months then this is very much in keeping with that. It’s just the song isn’t very exciting to me, and it probably isn’t helped by the fact that I share a similar view of the a-side. Well, I’m not that fond of the chatter they put on the track but it’s not like it’s the end of the world either. Everyone’s vocals are on point, the Rock instrumental has the appropriate tempo for the way the lyrics are delivered, there’s nothing technically wrong with anything. It’s a “Punk Ballad” in a similar vein to past efforts such as “VOMiT SONG”, which once again I have to stress doesn’t make it a bad song. Much like “PAiNT it BLACK”, “SCHOOLYARD” is by no means a bad song…it just feels like we’re retreading old ground. Worth checking out for the guitar riff and I wouldn’t be reaching for the skip button in a playlist but fairly unremarkable otherwise.Īnyone hoping for something a bit more adventurous out of the single’s lone b-side is likely to be disappointed once again by what’s on offer. If you like that then you’ll love this song, and if you’re getting a little tired of how the music has been sounding lately then this isn’t likely to help. If you’ve heard anything BiSH have released in the past 12 months or so then this is more of the same. If the anime company asked for a BiSH sounding BiSH song then full marks for that because that’s what this is. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with it, but for me I feel like I’ve heard this a bunch of times already with different titles. Yeah, this is decent BiSH song like I thought it would be coming in. Unfortunately after that things drop off quite a bit, and I’m not just talking about my interest here either. I’m definitely enjoying that little guitar riff they’ve got going there. So, we’re starting off with “PAiNT it BLACK” of course and things get off to a pretty good start. As for the b-side? Well that’s probably going to be the more interesting of the two tracks. Well, we’ll find out pretty soon here won’t we? Perhaps I’m tempering my expectations too much but I’m really only expecting the a-side to be a decent BiSH song that doesn’t try to push the envelope too much. “But Garry! Avex have no input on the musical direction of BiSH!” I hear you say. In my experience this puts a ceiling on what you can expect because you can’t really go balls to the wall on something that has effectively been commissioned by another company. ![]() My dislike of SJW nonsense aside, like I briefly mentioned earlier this single’s title track is being used to promote an anime. Seriously, if you thought BiSH were being racist lose my fucking number, thanks. That would be too boring and no one would be able to virtue signal about it and make themselves feel good either. ![]() It certainly couldn’t have been done as a callback to one of the themes of the Black Clover anime that this single’s title track serves as the ending theme for. Turns out if you cover yourself in jet black paint you’re being incredibly racist or something. As if that wasn’t unfortunate enough, this release has been surrounded by a bit of controversy in the Western fandom. A watershed moment for BiSH fans in the Western fandom or expectations being set too high perhaps? I’m not sure, I thought the album was decent enough personally although it didn’t have too many “Wow” moments either.īack to the matter of this new single though, it’s called “PAiNT it BLACK” and no it is not a cover of classic song by The Rolling Stones unfortunately. It follows the release of the group’s second major label album “THE GUERRiLLA BiSH” ( review here) last November, a release that received a fairly mixed reaction from the people in the circles I tend to run in these days. Spring has just about arrived for most of us and with it comes a new BiSH single, their first release of 2018 as a matter of fact. My thoughts on “PAiNT it BLACK”, the latest single from BiSH.
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