Not sure how to classify it. Kinda grunge, kinda alternative, kinda metal. I haven’t previously heard anything quite in this style, but then, I haven’t heard everything.
Nice vocals, nice bass solo, nice guitar solo, and I liked the drummer’s laid-back groove. My only real criticism is that drum fill after the guitar solo. It seemed a bit off, time-wise. But, I like the song and look forward to hearing more from these women.
And I don’t find the look and the music particularly out of whack with each other. While the maid gimmick they’re all sporting is a pretty cute gimmick, it’s not outside the realm of more subdued gothloli looks, which are certainly not unknown on artists who play rock. (Both male and female…google Nana Kitade and “Mana Malice Mizer” for examples. Kitade varies her look and both of them often go rather more baroque than these gals, but still…)
One (of many) things I noticed is that none of them were playing ESP guitars! I’ve been watching Japanese bands for years and it seems like everyone plays an ESP, usually an Artists Series.
I was loving the bass playing even before the solo - her playing is tight and packs some punch. I’m a little tired though of the way JPop and KPop are so often sexualized…maid’s uniform’s aren’t a big step from schoolgirl uniforms.
Interesting - pigtail girl doesn’t have her Rickenbacker in the live video. That makes me wonder if it was just a prop for the (studio) video. In that video, I couldn’t tell if she was really playing it or not (I don’t doubt the three in the back).
Not the same style, though.