It’s the latter two tracks that make the whole thing work, though. Still, it’s an idolcore staple for a reason, and the overall intensity remains even with the studio recording. It’s followed by “Hirari Hira Hira,” the song that many people (including me!) can say is their first Guso Drop experience thanks to its pretty great live video, though I’ll just go ahead and say that it’s this albumlet’s weakest point the song is fine, but if what you’re used to is the old version, this one sounds a little bit off in the vocals Rei’s snarl is cleaned up and diminished, and Saki’s rougher edges have been smoothed down. It’s not the superstar of the record, but it is a nice pace-setter. Yes, Guso Drop has their own entrance theme song, “Guso Drop,” which fans who’ve experienced their live performance know well at this point. Things kick off with the title track … for the group.

What’s kind of cool is how much this barely-an-EP is able to portray despite being all of four tracks and like 12 minutes long. If their intent was to throw down the gauntlet and stick to their “heaviest in the world” declaration, I’d say so. That’s a long way of saying that, in its own way, Mushi was an essential release.

While not exactly newbies, Guso Drop and their associated acts occupy probably the most punk-minded space in the whole idol scene, and as such they need to keep their (very loyal) fans motivated little bits of turmoil at the same time as other not-dissimilar groups rocket to relative stardom and the old underground promotes its mainstays into little tastes of almost-mainstream success can’t be allowed to create cracks in the edifice, no matter how purely speculative those cracks may be. Mushi (夢四: “Four Dreams”) was released in the aftermath of that bit of drama and the sudden departure of Shion, transitioning the five-piece to a quartet overnight and briefly creating a bit of a panic among the fans - would they continue? After the answer came back that there was no quit in Guso Drop, they announced a big one-man and the simultaneous release of this mini-album.Īlthough it wasn’t a desperation move, it was still one that they seemed to have to make. Sweet, delicious, water-spitting, bat-wielding pain. We could debate all day whether that’s exactly true (our poll on the matter proved inconclusive), but what’s not up for debate is this: Guso Drop brings the pain. Zero Heartbleeds: People associated with this should be ashamed of themselves there’s pride to be had in any effort made to meet a goal, but that’s your only reward. One Heartbleed : This is a bad, bad piece of work. Two Heartbleeds : More bad than good, and lacks the kind of standout track that can take it out of the crappiness wallow. Three Heartbleeds : More good than bad, but not great one or two awesome songs can’t get it over the hump. Five Heartbleeds : Both in relation to itself and music as a whole, this album could not possibly be any better.įour Heartbleeds : This is a very damn good record, and you should probably buy it and listen to it all the time and consider starting a website dedicated to the artists that made it and albums like it.

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