Sensitive Pictures

Sensitive Pictures is a memorable debut on which Blindman combines soaring, powerful vocals, clearly outlined guitar and the rich color of keyboards. A vivid record on which the band, formed with the guitarist Tatsuya Nakamura at the center, began its full-fledged activity. While pushing forward strongly with sturdy, powerful riffs, at the songs’ center memorable, beautiful melody is always firmly placed. A sure starting point of Japanese orthodox hard rock. While strongly following the European melodic-hard-rock style, a delicate, rich songcraft particular to a Japanese band clearly appears. Tatsuya Nakamura’s fluid, lyrical guitar powerfully drives that world. A record whose great appeal is a stance of carefully letting you hear through dramatic song development and the sure expression of the singing, rather than relying on flashy playing alone. A record where a sincere making shines, letting you hear carefully through dramatic development and the rich expression of the singing, by no means relying on momentum alone. You can fully savor both the power and delicate lyricism particular to Japanese orthodox hard rock at once. A powerful, ambitious debut that became the origin of the long, brilliant later career — the band’s origin here.