>>109810920I liked that brief 'love again' one. Mainly because it meshed so much better than pearl/opal's duet with whatever the father son thing is being called. That one had the visuals that it was supposed to be a really uplifting/upbeat track, but the sound just went nowhere. Have the same issue in general with greg tracks where the visuals create expectations that are too high I guess because the songwriting/production just can't capture that sound. The best they can do is grab that garage-like thing. Disobedient almost sounded like an actual song, unlike sadie's previous tracks. After that high energy, independent together just couldn't live up to the hype.
Speaking of highs... at this point Steven's VA should really avoid the higher range. Some of those here we are in the future reprisals were painful with that squeaky forced falsetto crap, and it really sounds like he's forcing notes on both ends of the scale, but at least his kinda scratchy low notes make sense for a pubescent teenager and were counterbalanced by Spinel's vocals.
I actually liked Garnet's song better than her previous two big tracks stronger than you and here comes a thought, but I just don't like seeing the same garnet origin story again for like the fourth time.
Drift away was strong at the start, but I think Spinel didn't really sell the emotion at the ending drift aways. The music was building, but the vocals stayed a bit too safe.
Contrast this with other friends and see how they managed to basically do it all better.
Let us adore you was cute, but a pretty sudden character shift. It was also cheapened a bit by making the reprisal almost identical for spinel, like you JUST met this gem. Would they have taken any pink gem at that point? Seems like it.
The first 'here we are in the future' seemed the most reminiscent of the series soundtrack with all its fast beeps and boops, so it's probably my favorite.
Worst track was easily Bismuth's crystal gem theme.
